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Samsung vomited every conceivable device form factor on stage in London during an announcement Thursday. Among the menagerie was the Ativ Q, a hybrid tablet/laptop that can run Windows 8 and Android. There's also the Galaxy NX mirror less camera that runs android, no phone. An ultra book called the Ativ Book 9, both lite and plus models which run Windows 8. Add to that the Ativ Tab 3 Windows tablet, an All-in-one Windows PC called the Ativ One 5. And since they didn't have any extra time they also showed off the previously announced Samsung Galaxy S4 Active, Zoom and Mini phones.

Top secret documents submitted to the court that oversees surveillance by US intelligence agencies show the judges have signed off on broad orders which allow the NSA to make use of information "inadvertently" collected from domestic US communications without a warrant.The Guardian has published in full two documents submitted to the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (known as the Fisa court), signed by Attorney General Eric Holder and stamped 29 July 2009. They detail the procedures the NSA is required to follow to target "non-US persons" under its foreign intelligence powers and what the agency does to minimize data collected on US citizens and residents in the course of that surveillance.

In case you forgot, Apple and Samsung are STILL suing each other all around the world. A new ruling from a Tokyo court says that Samsung did infringe on Apple's "bounce-back" patent on earlier models of its phones. What effect will this have on your Galaxy S XYZ Mini whatchamacalit? Pretty much nothing as Samsung already changed its interface to use a blue line instead of the rubber-banding to indicate the end of a page.

Apple's eBook fate is now in a judge's hands. The US Department of Justice and Apple made their closing arguments Thursday in front of Judge Denise Cote of the U.S. Southern District Court of New York in Manhattan. The DoJ brought the case against Apple and five publishers alleging conspiracy to limit price competition and raise prices in the eBook market. The five publishers settled out of court.

Apple's fragmented! But developers need only target the latest operating system. ust 1 percent of Apple's App Store visitors still use a version older than iOS 5, released in October 2011. And only six percent are still using last year's iOS 5, the last version supported by the original 2010 iPad and 2009 iPod touch. Apple also expects that adoption of iOS 7 will follow the rapid pace of previous releases, due in large part to the company's aggressive efforts to upgrade users and to prepare developers for the update. J

The UK Information Commissioner's Office has told Google it has 35 days to delete any data Google mistakenly collected while gathering Street View information or Google will face criminal proceedings. The ICO did not impose any fines on Google. Google said, "Forget you. We're not doing anything." Nah, Google said it plans to continue to cooperate with the agency and will delete the data.

US Representative Zoe Lofgren and Senator Ron Wyden co-authored a column in Wired today introducing "Aaron's Law". The proposed legislation is named after Aaron Swartz, who killed himself in January after facing felony charges under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. Aaron's Law attempts to brin more balance and proportionality to the CFAA and establish that mere breaches of terms of service or employment contracts are not automatic violations of the CFAA.

A Federal Aviation Administration advisory panel weighing whether to ease restrictions on in-flight use of personal technology devices like e-readers has delayed its recommendations by two months until late September, the FAA said on Friday. The delay comes amid reports that the FAA advisers are expected to recommend the agency relax its guidelines and allow passengers to use more personal electronics on flights.

Another new Apple product, another new WiFi issue. Gizmodo reports and Ars Technica passes along that many people in Apple's discussion forums complain that new MacBook Airs often drop their WiFi connection after a few minutes and some require a reboot to reconnect. Other users, including Ars Technica's own staff have experience know trouble. Gizmodo speculates the problem might relate to the new 802.11 ac antennae for WiFi being inside the Air's plastic hinge.

Lenovo quietly introduced a bunch of new hardware. The most interesting is the 10.1-inch Lenovo Miix tablet with keyboard cover running Windows 8 on an Intel Atom processor. It'll cost $500 and Lenovo says you'll get 10 hours of battery life. Lenovo also introduced some additions to its Ideapad S Series and U Series. Prices for those new laptops range from $429 to $899. The devices will launch in July and August.

-New docs details stringent steps to identify US citizens and destroy those records- EXCEPT: Retain and make use of "inadvertently acquired" domestic communications if they contain usable intelligence, information on criminal activity, threat of harm to people or property, are encrypted, or are believed to contain any information relevant to cybersecurity;- If location is unknown treat as if outside US and non-US person- “In the context of a cryptanalytic effort, maintenance of technical data bases requires retention of all communications that are enciphered or reasonably believed to contain secret meaning, and sufficient duration may consist of any period of time during which encrypted material is subject to, or of use in, cryptanalysis.”- Target: using “specific types of cryptology or steganography” that are “extensively used by individuals associated with a foreign power or foreign territory.”- PGP? Tor?

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It’s no accident Facebook made Instagram’s new videos exactly as long as a television commercial

- max of 15 secs - feels really long. why 15?- earlier this week we heard Facebook delaying video ads to add more features that will be launched "concurrently with video ads," according to AdAge. - Instagram with 15-second videos is right in the sweet spot for Facebook: It’s mobile, it’s video, and at that length, it means that advertisers can drop in their short television spots without even modifying them.

France Culture Minister Aurelie Filippetti govt will ban Amazon from discounting books and offering free delivery- Told BFM News: "I'm in favor of ending the possibility of offering both free delivery and a five percent discount. We need a law, so we're going to find a legislative window to introduce one."- France already bans retailers from discounting books more than 5% from publisher's price- Guillaume Husson, spokesman for the SLF book retailers' union claims Amazon must lose money to offer free delivery and the discount- Put this against Apple in court for allegedly conspiring to limit price competition and raise prices in eBook market. Again to stop Amazon from undercutting prices mostly by selling ebooks at $9.99

- annual report published today: HTC said it paid its top executives NT$660.5 million ($21.94 million) in 2012, down 51.4 percent from NT$1.36 billion ($45.18 million) in 2011. As the Taiwanese smartphone maker reduced costs, HTC CEO Peter Chou and president of engineering Fred Lui both saw their total compensation fall below NT$100 million ($3.3 million) for the first time in two years.- exec departures, product delays. HTC First (FB phone) did not impress. samsung spends 10x on marketing - In addition to HTC posting its slimmest profit on record last quarter, sales are down 68 percent and its global smartphone market share is off 76 percent since a peak in the third quarter of 2011, according to data compiled by Bloomberg

- HTC has enlisted actor Robert Downey Jr. for a two-year global marketing deal worth about $12 million to promote the Taiwanese company's smartphone brand, according to two people with knowledge of the plans.- Disney announcing today that Downey has signed onto do Avengers 2 and 3, plus Iron Man films saw Marvel's biggest box office debuts ever.. big name

- The Wall Street Journal reports that MS explored plans to build an Amazon competitor- Internally, it was called "Project Brazil"- MS held talks with retailers and tech companies to create a marketplace with an array of merchants and a unified shipping cart w/ broad shipping options.- MS considered subsidizing goods on the ecommerce service using a portion of advertising dollars merchants spend on Bing or elsewhere- The Journal says MS wanted to offer the marketplace as a part of Windows and related products like the Xbox- An MS spokesperson told the WSJ that, "Project Brazil was an incubation to enable a more direct commerce model between customers and brands and merchants"

Q: MS has Bing Shopping and digital marketplaces, would it have been so crazy to take on Amazon?

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I was brought to tears of sadness by the apparent defense of Microsoft's mostly on internet connected XBox and their recent 180. He suggested that in the future we would regret the backlash and the 180 MS made.

I don't believe the future it presented was the future we wanted. The form of always on and control over purchases was not an acceptable form. It is a great thing the 180 happened. The best reason why is it gives MS or someone else a chance to develope a different approach. An approach that is acceptable and is the future, a better future.

Don't think of it as a loss, but rather a chance to get it right. Thanks for the show.

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Internet, feel your power. Microsoft has reversed course on its game management policies for the Xbox One. You will no longer be able to play games without the disc in the machine. You will no longer be able to share your games with 10 household members. And you'll no longer be able to access disc-based games from any Xbox One console. You'll also no longer be have to have an Internet connection after setup, and you'll be more likely to be able to buy and sell used games since Microsoft will no longer manage rights for disc-based games. You won!

Google has been ordered by France to make changes to its policy regarding Internet users’ data within three months or face fines, with five other European countries also expected to take similar actions against the search engine by the end of July. France’s data protection watchdog CNIL (National Commission for Computing and Civil Liberties) has stated that Google is breaching French laws as it “prevents individuals from knowing how their personal data may be used and from controlling such use”.

About one day after Adobe Creative Cloud went live, Adobe Photoshop CC has been cracked. Tech site Fstoppers says that a version of the software is available on torrent sites and takes advantage of Photoshop's offline mode. Adobe was last seen shaking its fist in the air yelling, "Pirates!"

Yahoo recently announced it would retire user ids that have been inactive for more than 12 months as of July 15. The idea is to make those handles available for registration. Mat Honan at Wired pointed out this could lead to bad guys registering a previously used email address that might still be set for password recovery at a service like Gmail. Yahoo says it will have a 30-day period will it will notify emailers to dead accounts that the account no longer exists.

Following on reports that Huawei was interested in buying Nokia, The Wall Street Journal reports Microsoft and Nokia were THIS close to striking a deal as recently as this month. Sources say Microsoft walked away front he table. This is a recurring rumor, so we'll just schedule it for the News Fuse again in three months.

The NYT reports the chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission will recommend an inquiry of patent trolls. The FTC is likely to approve that inquiry and would issue subpeonas to those companies that buy and use patents to sue others. The FTC wants to know how these companies conduct their business, "including whether they coordinate their lawsuits with other patent holders."

Fast WiFi devices that are standards compliant and therefore assured of interoperability here we come! The WiFi Alliance announced yesterday June 19 the launch of the Wi-Fi certified ac program, allowing makers of WiFi products that support 802.11ac to be sure they work with other AC devices. 802.11 ac works on the 5GHz frequency, offers reduced latency and speeds up to 1 Gbps.

Best Buy announced a recall of 5,100 MacBook batteries made by third-party manufacturer ATG. The recall was issued due to some of the batteries catching fire. There were a total of thirteen incidents with one user suffering serious burns to their leg.

India is often called the world's largest democracy and now its vying with the US for the world's largest surveillance state. Reuters reports on the Central Monitoring System approved in 2011 which began rolling out in April of this year. The new system will allow the government to listen to and tape phone conversations, read e-mails and text messages, monitor posts on Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn and track searches on Google of selected targets, all without messy court orders.

The Nacka District Court in Sweden has sentenced Pirate Bay co-founder Gottfrid Svartholm Warg to two years in prison for attempted aggravated fraud and aggravated fraud. Throughout the case, Svartholm Warg and his co-defendants asserted that that other people used their computers to carry out the fraud. Svartholm Warg's lawyers have three weeks to appeal.

- Microsoft posted an about face on its Xbox site regarding the Xbox One credited to Don Mattick, President of MS's Interactive Entertainment Business - An internet connection will not be required to play offline Xbox One games (after a one time system set-up). No 24 hour connection requirement - Used and rented games will work like they do today. - Disc based games will require the disc to be in the tray- If you choose to download your games, you will be able to play them offline just like you do today. Downloaded titles can't be shared or resold- There will be no regional restrictions- MS says that it has "heard from many of you... and listened to your feedback."

Q: Is this position switch a good thing? Will this take away Sony's early advantage?

<-- Don't forget the sharing of online games with 10 household member and the ability to get your games on any Xbox without the disc goes away here. I think a more interesting question is did this make Microsoft's Xbox worse ort better? tm

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Public Enemy backs BitTorrent, releases new single in a Bundle, announces remix contest for fans

- last month BT announced Bundle media format - torrent-based media format with tools for donation or email collection. The first release is part of a partnership with Ultra Music (home of artists such as David Guetta, Tiesto and deadmau5)- PE historically in favor of music sharing services, Napster- Public Enemy releasing its latest single as a Bundle & announcing a BitTorrent-based remix contest. - Download the torrent, get copy of single "Get Up Stand Up," - your email address unlocks the Bundle -- you get music video, outtakes and 37 remix-able multitracks. - ppl can submit remixes of the song to the group using BitTorrent SoShare. PE will pick the best remix, officially release it, and give the winner recording gear and a smattering of Public Enemy swag.

Q: will this format catch on? is this the future of "extras" for superfans?

- Fstoppers reports that pirated copies of Adobe's Photoshop Creative Cloud popped up on BitTorrent sites and it doesn't require authentication with Adobe's servers (meaning this is a cracked version)- Adobe Photoshop CC just went live the other day and it was cracked in one day.- The pirated version takes advantage of the software's offline mode, which checks w/Adobe's servers once a month. - If you do pick up the pirated version, you won't have access to many of Adobe's cloud feature

Q: One of the reasons Adobe moved to the creative cloud version and dumped boxed copies was to curb piracy - considering this story, what are the chances Adobe brings back boxed versions?

Makerbot to Strtasys $403 million in stock $201 million performance-based earn outs (Q3)- Strasys since 1989 Industrial 3D printing, Merged with Objet (Israel) December- Bre Pettis will continue to run company independently in Brooklyn- ATD reports revenue $75 million in 2013 vs. $15.7 million 2012- market expected to double by 2016 from $3 billion this year, said Stratasys CEO David Reis. - Stratasys owns Objet (a company it acquired last year) and its patented Polyjet technology, an ink-jet like process that creates much higher-fidelity, beautiful 3D prints.Q: What can we expect from Makerbot after this?

- Zuck and IG founder Kevin Systrom welcomed eveyrone to the event- IG historically being about images. educational, entertaining- 16 billion photos have been shared on Instagram, and the service gets 1 billion likes a day- video icon to the right of photo icon- record up to 15 sec of video- 13 filters w new names- choose the thumbnail that ppl see in the feed- no looping vid. one and done- ios, android, web- auto-stabilitzation for vids called "cinema"

Yahoo announced June 12 it will reset IDs dormant for 12 months July 15- Users can then reserve a username and they'll find out in August if they get it- Mat Honan pointed out bad guys could seize old IDs and use it for password resets- a 30-day period between an account deactivation and its subsequent recycling. - unsubscribe inactive accounts from newsletters- notify "merchants, e-commerce sites, financial institutions, social networks, email providers, and other online properties" that the account will soon be recycled. "Can I tell you with 100 percent certainty that it's absolutely impossible for anything to happen? No. But we're going to extraordinary lengths to ensure that nothing bad happens to our users," Yahoo director Dylan Casey told Reuters. Q: Is it enough?

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Ars Technica reports that news of the death of the telegram has been greatly exaggerated http://arstechnica.com/business/2013/06/telegram-not-dead-stop/ STOP Not sure that URLs could have been sent over telegram anyway :) STOP

Keep up the good work STOP

Ali Smith, aka fortythieves in chat END

"Colin Stone, Director of Operations for International Telegram, a telegraphy service based in Canada, said in a phone conversation with Ars. "'e'll still offer services in India, even though the state-run service is closing.'"

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HTC unveiled the Butterfly S at a press conference in Taiwan today. The new flagship phone comes with a 5-inch 1080p Super LCD 3 display capable of 440ppi and BoomSound speakers with HTC Beats Audio. Inside is a 1.9GH+Z Snapdragon 600, 2 GB RAM and 16 GB storage along with a quad-band HSPA/WCDMA radio and a 3200 mAh battery. Engadget reports the Butterfly S will sell in Taiwan for NT$22,900 about $767 US in July in grey, white and red versions in partnership with China Telecom.

Don't let the hot summer sun fool you, winter is definitely coming. Apple TV has been updated today with direct acess to content from HBO GO and WatchESPN, as well as Sky News, anime and Asian drama streaming service Crunchyroll and Qello.

Google filed a motion with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court seeking a declaratory judgment that says Google has "a right under the First Amendment to publish... (1) the total number of [Foreign Surveillance Intelligence Act] requests it receives, if any; and (2) the total number of users or accounts encompassed within such reports.” Google says it wants to increase transparency due to what it calls "false or misleading reports in the media" related to Google's compliance with foreign intelligence surveillance requests.

Fashion and design retailer Fab.com is now worth $1 billion after a series D round of funding led by Chinese company Tencent. Yes that TenCent, the one with WeChat. Fab.com has yet to reach profitably but expects sales to double this year. TenCent also runs a payment service called TenPay and may use its relationship with Fab.com to bring social commerce to WeChat.

Electric car maker Tesla Motors will recall 1,228 of its 2013 Model S cars manufactured between May 10 and June 8th, due to a defect in the mounting bracket of the rear seat. The massive fix will cost Tesla about $150,000 during the second quarter. Chief Executive Elon Musk said the Model S defect emerged after the factory made body side alignment changes that weakened the bracket. Tesla will inspect and reinforce the bracket in all the cars built during this time period.

10 privacy authorities from countries including Canada, Israel, and Australia sent a letter to Google regarding Google Glass. The letter asks eight questions related to privacy such as what the privacy safeguards are, what information Google collects through Glass and how Glass complies with data protection laws. The authorities also wanted a demo of Google Glass and want to try it for themselves. Wait a second - did these guys just want to test out Glass for free?

Sony may have a lot of gamer love for the PS4, but the PS3 is causing some hate today. Sony pulled the latest firmware update for the PS3 after reports that some consoles were bricked after the update. The PS3 has a safe mode that could be used to restore non-working consoles.

Researchers at the University of Erlangen in Germany have found a flaw in the automatically generated pre-shared keys used in Apple's iOS hotspots that could make them susceptible to attack in under a minute. Under iOS, users have the option to specify their own passwords to secure their device when it is used as a personal hotspot. But Apple initially populates the password field with an automatically generated password. However, according to three researchers from the German university, the method in which these passwords are generated leaves them vulnerable to attack.

The dream of a wireless power standard just got another supporter. Qualcomm and Samsung started the Alliance for Wireless Power last year. Intel announced it has joined the Alliance's board of directors. Expect AMD to start the Browncoats Wireless Power Group.

Nvidia wants money - so they came up with an idea. The company announced it will begin to license its GPU cores and visual computing patent portfolio to third parties. The news came via NVidia's corporate blog and mentioned how the company earns a cool $250 million a year from Intel as a license fee for its patents. Nvidia says it will start licensing its GPU core based on the Kepler architecture, so give all your monies to Nvidia.

Google Filed motion with FISC claiming business has been harmed- "Google seeks a declaratory judgment that Google has a right under the First Amendment to publish, and that no applicable law or regulation prohibits Google from publishing, two aggregate unclassified numbers: (1) the total number of [Foreign Surveillance Intelligence Act] requests it receives, if any; and (2) the total number of users or accounts encompassed within such reports,” the six-page filing states."- “Lumping national security requests together with criminal requests — as some companies have been permitted to do — would be a backward step for our users.”- Twitter legal counsel, Benjamin Lee, tweeting, “We agree with @Google: It’s important to be able to publish numbers of national security requests — including FISA disclosures — separately.”

- HBO GO and WatchESPN, as well as Sky News, anime and Asian drama streaming service Crunchyroll and Qello.- Apple also announced today that iTunes users have now downloaded more than one billion TV episodes and 380 million movies to date. This works out at over 800 TV episodes and over 350,000 movies each day.- WatchESPN, meanwhile, gives sports fans access to live broadcasting on ESPN, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN3 and ESPN Buzzer Beater/Goal Line, provided they already have access to ESPN’s network through another subscription package- Sky News will give users in the US, UK and Ireland access to 24/7 news coverage, similar to its existing satellite TV channel. Qello offers streaming of concerts and music documentaries, while Crunchyroll supports popular Japanese animation shows such as Naruto Shipuuden, Bleach and Attack on Titan.

q: is this just keeping up with the Rokus? or is this a sign Apple TV is finally out of "hobby" mode?

- The executive producer of Alpha House, a show that will make its debut on Amazon, Jonathan Alter says that Amazon will not release the series all at once- Alter explained: "It hasn't been entirely determined how they'll put it out. But it will be a different model." - The Atlantic Wire thinks Netflix's strategy of releasing all of its eps at once isn't "foolproof" and said that the current Netflix model eliminates watercooler chat- It looks like Amazon is working on appointment viewing online

Chief System Architect Sony PS4 Mark Cerny on Fallon--BITE "We support used games. We don't require an Internet connection."USED GAMESXbox - Give to one friend who's been on list 30 days, no charge to participating retail or user for transferring game. Both up to publishers. Sony - Won't restrict used games. Publishers could do their own DRM or online game play restriction-New PS4 video shows some of interface (leaked last week)

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Feedly Cloud Goes Live To Replace Google Reader’s Backend, Power New Web Version Of Feedly’s App

-Feedly says it now reaches 12 million users, up from 4 million pre-Reader retirement. Millions of new users have come to the service, and more importantly, the company says that 68 percent of new users become weekly actives. - blog post: we did not migrate from google reader is your history (too much data) so you have to expect that you are starting from a blank history and your unread counts will be reset. This is a one time issue.Q: has feedly just solved rss? what about competitors?

- Nokia shares soared on news from the Financial Times saying that Hauwei was considering an acquisition of Nokia. - The Financial Times report quoted Richard Yu, chairman of Huawei's consumer business group. Here's the actual quote, "“We are considering these sorts of acquisitions; maybe the combination has some synergies but depends on the willingness of Nokia. We are open-minded,”- Then Huawei's VP for external affairs, Bill Plummer said that the company "has no plans to acquire Nokia." - Nokia hasn't commented. - BGR thinks no company will acquire Nokia right now saying that companies like Lenovo or Cisco don't want Nokia since it is a feature phone company.

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Hey TNT crew. On yesterday's show it was mentioned once again that Kinect units were firing off on systems during the Xbox keynote. While this might be true, these activations are most likely due to operator error.

When Kinect is first setup, the Xbox goes through a calibration routine called Kinect Tuner. Part of the calibration has the Xbox broadcasting a variety of tones to determine the acoustic properties of the room.

This footprint is one of the ways that the Kinect isolates player voice from Xbox output. Microsoft recommends running the tuner whenever there is a major change in the room, like adding or rearranging furniture. The faulty recognition of the Xbox voice commands is most likely the result of Kinect units that are out of calibration.

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What Huawei calls the world's slimmest Android smartphone launched today, the Ascend P6 in pink, black and white versions. Unveiled in London at Huawei's Beauty event, the 6.18mm thick phone features a 4.7-inch screen, 8-megapixel front camera, 2,000 mAh battery and can record and playback 1080p video. It also has Android 4.2.2. with Huawei's Emotion UI. The P6 will sell for €449 in China later this month, Western Europe in July and other markets soon to follow.

Yesterday we heard Apple's version of its participation in the NSA spying program PRISM, and today's it's Yahoo's turn. The company says over the past six months it’s received between 12,000 and 13,000 data requests, which includes ordinary law enforcement requests and secret FISA orders. CEO Melissa Mayer writes that "like all companies, Yahoo! cannot lawfully break out FISA request numbers at this time… however, we strongly urge the federal government to reconsider its stance on this issue."

FiftyThree, the company behind the very popular iPad app Paper, just landed $15 million from investors led by Andreessen Horowitz. CEO Georg Petschnigg told GigaOm that he foresees expanding to an entire suite of software, services and hardware. FiftyThree's 22-person team is made up of folks with experience on the Xbox and the tech unicorn known as the Microsoft Courier. Petschnigg didn't give specifics as to what kind of hardware to expect from FiftyThree.

Adobe just released the latest version of its Creative Cloud programs, including Photoshop, and Premiere Pro. The subscription service is the only way to get the latest versions and Adobe is enticing new subs by offering 60% off for 12 months to CS6 owners and 40% off for CS3 to CS5.5 owners. Adobe may be considering an overall price drop as well if a survey sent to current subscribers is an indicator.

Oculus VR is staying indie, for now. The virtual reality headste company raised $16 million in Series A venture capital, with a couple new board members. The money will be used to expand the firm, hire more employees, and allow the team to focus on its goals, says its CEO Brenden Iribe. He says "For a few hundred dollars, students will be able to do virtual surgery in an almost realistic environment."

AMD announced an upcoming processor based on the ARM architecture. It's called "Seattle" and it's an eight-core 64-bit processor meant for servers. The first versions of Seattle will be produced in the first quarter of next year with commercial quantities scheduled for the second quarter of 2014.

AT&T and Goal Zero will put 25 free Street Charge stations in a handful locations around NYC. Fort Green Park gets the first one on June 18th, followed by Brooklyn Bridge Park, Coney Island, and points beyond. Each station will stay where it is for three or four weeks before moving on to a new location. The solar-powered poles have six connectors, one 30-pin iPhone, one lightning iPhone, one micro-USB connector, and three female USB connectors, for those with their own cables.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry has signed HB 2268, a bill that shields Texas residents from snooping by state and local law enforcement without a warrant, and now includes email. This is the first state to update the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA), written in 1986, that says federal law enforcement agencies are only required to get a warrant to access recent e-mails before they are opened by the recipient. Now, at least in Texas, opened and unopened email is treated the same.

Google announced the ChromeBook will begin showing up in more retail locations than just Amazon and Best Buy soon. The number of outlets will jump from 2000 stores to 6600 with new chains carrying the laptops in the US, UK, Netherlands, Australia, France and Sweden. Wal-Mart alone will add 2800 stores carrying the 16GB Acer Chromebook for $199.

NVidia announced that CUDA 5.5 is out of private beta and is now a public release candidate. This version of CUDA brings ARM support for the first time, which means it will natively support GPU-accelerated computing on ARM-based systems. This could also help make NVidia a bigger player in the super computer arena as now an ARM-based computer could be powered by NVidia processors, unlike the common pairing of x86 processors and an NVidia Tesla GPU.

- AllThingsD reports that Yahoo is looking to buy video app Qwiki for a price of about $50M- The Qwiki app for iOS lets users turn photos, music, and vids into short edited videos automatically- AllThingD says that the negotiations are in advanced stages. - One of the Qwiki co-founders is Louis Monier, the founder of AltaVista (they used to do awesome search)- There's also an update on Yahoo trying to acquire contacts app maker, Xobni. AllThingsD says Yahoo is offering $30 to $40M for the company.

Q: What do you make of Yahoo's potential acquisition-spree?

Venture Capitalist and investment partner at GRP Partners Mark Suster wrote a blogpost arguing that acqui-hires hurt morale at the acquiring company. And people at the acquiring company are being told a message - and that is to quit and come back when you sell your company.

Triple retail outlets with Chromebooks from 2,000 to 6600- Wal-Mart and Staples (Office Depot, Office Max, Fry’s, TigerDirect and more) added to Best Buy and Amazon- In UK, coming to Tesco, Mediamrket and Saturn in Netherlands- Australia, France and Sweden, you’ll see Chomebooks popping up in FNAC stores, Elgiganten stores, JB Hi-Fi, and Harvey Norman outlets.Q: Are Chromebooks really all that popular?

- LG will launch in 2014, will allow users to speak commands without needing to touch the screen first, Gotta Be Mobile is reporting on Tuesday, citing three people who claim to have knowledge of LG's plans.The technology will also allow for a broader range of commands than those available now.- to take advantage of that technology, LG's device will run the upcoming Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor -- a chip designed with always-on voice command functionality.- users to activate the feature by simply saying hello to the device. The chip is capable of learning the device owner's voice to ensure others can't call out commands and access information.

- No other LG phone has ascended to 1 million sales faster than the Optimus G Pro. LG also set a personal record for 500,000 handset sales, taking just 40 days to reach the halfway mark (en route to 1 million). The Optimus G Pro is now averaging 8,000 sales per day.

Oddworld: New ‘n’ Tasty from Oddworld Inhabitants PS3, PS4, WiiU, Windows, Mac, Linux.- Oddworld Lorne Lanning told Eurogamer: Have a license for Xbox but need a publisher- “Why do we need a publisher when we self-finance our games, we build our own IP, we manage our own IP and we’ve turned nearly two million units online as indie publishers sold – not free downloads? Why? What’s wrong with us?”- Microsoft's games boss Phil Spencer told Eurogamer, MS open to idea of self-publishing but not a 'plan of record now.'Q: Is a strong indie gaming community an advantage for Sony?

- Midasplayer International Holding Co.(AKA "King"), the publisher of online and mobile games has hired banks (J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., Credit Suisse Group AG, and Bank of America Corp.) to pursue a U.S. initial public offering, according to people familiar with the move.- "Candy Crush Saga," launched on Facebook in April 2012 and involves matching up columns and rows of candy items. It is the most popular app on Facebook, with an estimated 15.4M average daily users as of the most recent figures, according to AppData. also has iOS and Android apps- London-based King goes back to 2003, when its founders started a gaming website called Midasplayer.com, which featured games such as 8-Ball Pool that were primarily played on its website and other web portals.- Zynga story isn't shaking out well, shared down 70% since 2011 IPO

- is this another ill-fated fad? does King have a chance in public market?

- Bloomberg reports that Mark Zuckerberg visited with Samsung to discuss potential partnerships according to the head of Samsung's handset division- The partnership would help Facebook boost advertising sales from mobile devices- Zuckerberg met with Samsung President Shin Jong Kyun and also discussed the state of IT industry. - FB doesn't have any official comment about this trip

- FB mobile advertising: $0 in 2011, $470M in 2012, expected to make $2B in 2013 acc'g to research firm eMarketer. Google pulled in $4.6B in mobile advertising in 2012.

Q: Do you expect to see something come to fruition between FB and Samsung?

Just finished listening to the podcast today. They are many reason that Skype Messages are a great idea but here is mine. Imagine being in the military like I am and deployed for half the year like I am. Think about needing to get a message to the wife or kids. Which do you think they would prefer, a voice message or to catch a glimpse of that husband or wife that's been out of their life for some time.

Its just as great on the opposite side. Imagine receiving a Skype message from your teenager showing you that awesome report card and saying to you "love you dad.". You can't beat that except for stepping off that plane and seeing your family charging to plow you down.

Anyway love the show guys.

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I think the best way people can understand and accept the Office 360 app for iPhone, is that it's just like the HBO Go App :) If you already pay for this service, then you can use/ access these services on your mobile devices by logging into the paid subscription or service. That is all....End communication.

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Apple has spoken up about the US government’s PRISM program and revealed that between December 2012 and May 2013 the firm received 4,000-5,000 requests for user data from the government. Apple says the data isn’t limited to (Foreign Intelligence enquiries, though, and it includes requests for information to help find missing persons or solve crimes.

Officials from the National Security Agency say that it does not collect cellphone-location records. The agency says that while it is authorized to collect "geolocational" information about callers, it chooses not to. The NSA claims that the data doesn't provide enough value to justify the resources required to use it.

Facebook is holding a mystery product event this thursday June 20th, and a source tells techcrunch that Facebook will update Instagram to let people also take and share short videos. if this is true, it would seem to be a response to the popularity of video-sharing services, namely Twitter’s Vine, but also Viddy, Cinemagram and Socialcam, which have all at one time or another been dubbed the “Instragram for video” apps.

Researchers over at the Darmstadt Technical University in Germany launched SiDiM, a new form of DRM for ebooks. SiDiM alters punctuation and words in the ebook so that each reader gets a unique version of the book. The researchers think this form of DRM is more consumer-friendly as it does not lock the book to a particular device or account.

Samsung plans to sell a new version of its flagship Galaxy S4 smartphone with data speeds twice that of what's currently capable, said JK Shin, Samsung's head of its mobile business. The phone will be sold in South Korea as early as this month. The new S4 will use LTE-Advanced 4G technology, an upgrade from conventional 4G called LTE, or long term evolution. LTE-Advanced offers data transmission at up to twice the normal 4G speed. The phones will be powered by Qualcomm chips.

Forget SATA SSDs, Samsung announced that it is mass-producing new PCIe solid-state drives meant for notebook computers. The Samsung XP941 SSD should be able to read 500GB of data in about six minutes - that's about 2.5x faster than the fastest SATA SSD. Samsung has already cut deals with several computer makers.

There's a new top supercomputer in the world and it's the Tianhe-2 from China. This supercomputer is capable of performing more than 33 quadrillion calculations per second. The Tianhe-2 uses 32,000 Xeon Processors with 48,000 Xeon Phi accelerator processors for a total of 3.12 million processor cores linked together.

Kotaku says it's got a picture of one of the upcoming iPhone game controllers from Logitech. The controller looks to be black plastic with a joypad on one side and buttons on the other with a large hole in the middle to house an iPhone 5. Game controller support is coming to iPhones with the release of iOS 7.

Skype officially rolled out its Video Messaging feature. Now you can send messages to your friends on iOS, Android, BlackBerry, OS X, and Windows. The feature was released as a beta in February with limitations. Now that it's official, you can send unlimited messages for free.

Netflix and DreamWorks Animation are teaming up again. DreamWorks Animation will bring more than 300 hours of new content to Netflix's "Just for Kids" section. DreamWorks Animation will base these new shows on its existing movies.

- apple blog post: "We first heard of the government’s “Prism” program when news organizations asked us about it on June 6. We do not provide any government agency with direct access to our servers, and any government agency requesting customer content must get a court order."- says they asked permission from gov to report national security requests, & gov has allowed "some" of that data - December 1, 2012 - May 31, 2013, Apple received between 4-5k requests from U.S. law enforcement for customer data. Between 9-10k accounts or devices were specified in those requests, which came from federal, state and local authorities and included both criminal investigations and national security matters. - most common request comes from police investigating robberies, searching for missing children, trying to locate a patient with Alzheimer’s disease, or hoping to prevent a suicide.- apple: "our Legal team conducts an evaluation of each request and, only if appropriate, we retrieve and deliver the narrowest possible set of information to the authorities. In fact, from time to time when we see inconsistencies or inaccuracies in a request, we will refuse to fulfill it."

- conversations which take place over iMessage and FaceTime are protected by end-to-end encryption so no one but the sender and receiver can see or read them. Apple cannot decrypt that data. Similarly, we do not store data related to customers’ location, Map searches or Siri requests in any identifiable form.- Last week Microsoft said that for the six months ended December 31 2012, Microsoft received between 6,000 and 7,000 criminal and national security warrants, subpoenas and orders affecting between 31,000 and 32,000 consumer accounts from "US governmental entities". - Facebook said that for the six months ending December 31 2012, the total number of user-data requests Facebook received from any and all government entities in the US (including local, state, and federal, and including criminal and national security-related requests) was between 9,000 and 10,000. It said the total number of Facebook user accounts for which data was requested pursuant to the entirety of those 9,000-10,000 requests was between 18,000 and 19,000 accounts.q: comfort level with apple's disclosure?

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Netflix Lands Exclusive Deal for New DreamWorks Animation Original Series

- Netflix and Dreamworks Animation put together a deal to bring 300 hours of new programming for Netflix's Just for Kids section- Variety says that DreamWorks Animation has been looking for ways to ramp up its internal TV biz and had been considering the launch of its own branded cable TV channel.- DreamWorks Animation will have a branded section inside the "Just For Kids" section- Shows will be based on its films, but didn't say which ones would be turned into shows- Netflix is looking to replace some of the children's programming it had before- Amazon wound up getting the rights to shows like Dora the Explorer and Spongebob

- fb having 6/20 event. invite sent via snail mail, says "a small team has been working on a big idea. join us for coffee and learn about a new product."- three weeks ago Matthew Keys (former dep. editor of social meda for reuters) broke a story noting that video was being tested internally at FB. The videos would be between five and 10 seconds in length- After Twitter debuted an Android version of Vine in the beginning of June, usage reached a tipping point: shares of Vines surpassed those of Instagram photos on Twitter- fb pulled the inline IG photo cards on Twitter, to drive more traffic to ig.com. - mashable previously reported fb could launch RSS feeds, allowing users to subscribe to and pull in online content from news organizations, blogs and videos to keep up with news. The coffee stain on the invite could represent the morning paper, and catching up on the daily news.

q: vine/short vids appear to be sticking. does IG have to allow vid? does it make sense to bake into already popular IG product, or will it diminish experience?

- On Friday, Google introduced the world to "Project Loon," which brings wireless Internet access using balloons.- Google says that it believes "that it might actually be possible to build a ring of balloons, flying around the globe on the stratospheric winds, that provides Internet access to the earth below."- Google has already built a system that uses balloons to bring wireless speeds similar to 3G. The pilot program started in the Canterbury area of New Zealand w/ 50 testers trying to connect to the balloons. - Google's still looking for partners - Google says it hopes that the balloons could become an option for rural and remote areas- This is part of Google X and it's one of the company's moonshot projects- Technologically, the balloons paths are controlled using wind and solar power

- Parental filters for pornographic content will come as a default setting for all homes in the UK by the end of 2013, says David Cameron's special advisor on preventing the sexualisation and commercialisation of childhood, Claire Perry MP.- "[In the UK] we will have filters where if you do nothing, the parental filters will come pre-ticked," said Perry, speaking at a Westminster eForum on 14 June.- not as strict as rumor the government would force ISPs to block access to pornographic content unless a consumer specifically requested it.- ISP talktalk makes consumers make parental filter choices since March 2012. It recently began doing the same with existing customers, with 20,000 enabling filtering in the first week- the UK government is pushing ahead with ensuring that all public Wi-Fi spots are free from adult content

- Culture Secretary Maria Miller recently summoned major tech firms and ISPs like Google and BT to a meeting on 17 June to discuss the policing of illegal content online, a separate issue to underage access to pornographic images.

- Skype announced its video messaging feature is now official- It was a beta feature since February with a 20 message cap- Now you'll be able to send unlimited messages on Windows 8, Mac, iOS, Android and BlackBerry- Oddly, Windows Phone is not supported yet

Q: Do you think you'll end up using this feature? On the business side - what does it say about MS if the newest Skype feature doesn't support WP yet?

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The long-rumoured Microsoft Office app for Apple's iOS finally arrived today with Excel, Word and PowerPoint support. It only comes in an iPhone version and requires an Office 365 subscription. All files must be in SkyDrive or SharePoint though it will do offline editing. You can buy an Office 365 subscription through the app meaning MS and Apple must have worked out their revenue sharing differences.

Thousands of technology, finance and manufacturing companies are working closely with U.S. national security agencies, & giving them sensitive information and in return receiving benefits that include access to classified intelligence, 4 people tell Bloomberg. These programs, whose participants are known as trusted partners, go much deeper than what was revealed by Edward Snowden, a computer technician who did work for the National Security Agency.

The Wall Street Journal reports that due to their partial foreign ownership, T-Mobile and Verizon do not participate directly in the NSA's call metadata collection program. The Journal says that officials believe they can still capture information on 99% of U.S. phone traffic since they travel over networks owned by U.S. companies that do work with the NSA.

Pando Daily's Michael Carney reports sources close to Hulu's sale negotiations say DirecTV has taken the lead. The sources described negotiations as being in very advanced stages and expect the deal to close before the end of the month. The acquisition price will reportedly be written with a "B". British pounds? Bahraini Dinar? Buyer's remorse? Who knows!

Eddy Cue, Apple's senior vice president of Internet software and services, on Thursday testified in district court in lower Manhattan that he had to convince Jobs to let him pursue an e-bookstore. Even before the iPad launched, Cue was certain Apple should have a bookstore for its iPhone and Macs, but Jobs believed those products weren't ideal for reading. "Steve said it's fine, go do this, but get the deals done in January so I can demo it on stage," Cue said.

Filmmaker Jennifer Nelson has filed a lawsuit against Warner Music seeking to invalidate the company's copyright to the song "Happy Birthday to You." Nelson's argument is that the song is based on a public domain song called "Good Morning to All." The lawsuit wants "Happy Birthday to You" in the public domain and asks for Warner to pay back the millions of dollars it's made in unlawful royalties.

BMI, one of the company's that collects royalties for music publishers has filed a lawsuit against Pandora in New York federal court. Pandora acquired a radio station and argues it now should pay the more favorable rates that radio station owners like ClearChannel pay for their digital services like iheartradio. BMI called it a 'stunt' and will argue that terrestrial rates should not apply to Pandora's digital business.

The Supreme Court said human genes isolated by scientists may not be patented. The court ruled unanimously in a dispute brought on by the ACLU against Myriad Genetics, weighing intellectual property associated with genes known to detect early signs of breast and ovarian cancer.

Facebook announced it will stop showing sponsored results in its search tool starting in July. Facebook began showing sponsored results in search last August. Businesses will continue to be able to use mobile app install ads along with post link ads. So don't worry. You'll still see ads.

The Financial Times reports that the antitrust watchdog of Brussels is looking into whether Google engaged in anti-competitive deals to further Android. Allegations include Google offering cut-price licensing and exclusive deals. Currently, this is an informal investigation (tie optional) and Brussels has been looking into Android for more than a year.

Makers of hardware and software, banks, Internet security providers, satellite telecommunications companies- NSA, CIA, FBI, US military- equipment specs, software vulnerabilities etc in exch. 4 classified info- Info may be used for infiltration- Companies given docs indemnifying them from civil actions (This is what CISPA is about)Microsoft- info about bugs before fixes made publicTelcos- Offshore data access outside purview of US courtsMcAfee- NSA, FBI, CIA get threat intelligence,"emerging new threats, cyber-attack patterns and vector activity, as well as analysis on the integrity of software, system vulnerabilities, and hacker group activity.” Michael Fey CTO McAfeeGoogle- Sergey Brin allowed in briefing on China linking PLA to Gmail attack

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Office for iPhone: Microsoft delivers basic document editing, but no iPad version

- Microsoft finally introduced Office for iPhone (not iPad)- To use the app, you'll need an Office 365 subscription- If you don't have one you can buy one year of $100- The basic application consists of four sections to access recent documents, SkyDrive folders, document creation, and settings- You can create Word, Excel docs, but not PowerPoint- Editing doesn't follow the iOS norms - can't drag to highlight. You'll need to double click. - Tom Warren found the Excel interface difficult to use on the iPhone's small screen- All document changes will sync up to Microsoft's cloud service, and they're fully accessible from Office Web Apps and the Office 2013 desktop applications.- "We don't view this as a standalone app," said Chris Schneider, a marketing manager in Microsoft's Office division.

- The Supreme Court has unanimously ruled human genes isolated by scientists at Myriad Genetics may not be patented- dispute concerned a 2009 lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union, which claimed First Amendment was at stake because the patents are so broad they kept scientists from examining and comparing the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes (assowciated ith overian and breast cancer). The patents issued more than a decade ago covered any new scientific methods of looking at these human genes that might be developed by others. now invalidated- Myriad found the location of a gene associated with increased risk of breast cancer and identified mutations of that gene that increase the risk,” Justice Clarence Thomas wrote for the court. (.pdf) He said isolated DNA is a “product of nature and not patent eligible.”- Myriad may patent its tests, but other are not forbidden from performing their own, non-infringing tests of the genes at issue or of patenting their own tests. That is because the court found that manipulated or synthetic human DNA, in which “a lab technician creates something new” from the original DNA, is patent eligible.

ACLU attny: “Myriad did not invent the BRCA genes and should not control them. Because of this ruling, patients will have greater access to genetic testing and scientists can engage in research on these genes without fear of being sued.”- previously, Women who feared they may be at an increased risk were barred from having anyone look at their BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes or interpret them except for the patent holder, which charged about $3,000 per test or more.

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"Windows Store" built inside 500 US Best Buys and 100 Canada Best Buy and Future Shops, June- September- 1500- 2000 square feet- 1,200 Microsoft-trained sales associates (about two per location)--Samsung "Experience" mini-stores in 1400 Best Buys by early summer, staffed by Samsung employees-- More than 600 of Best Buys have "Apple Shop" with specially trained "solution consultants"Q: Is this the future of BIg Box retailers? Mini-malls?

- NY's Attorney General and SF's district attorney announced an initiative to end smartphone theft asking the industry to develop tech to discourage theft- It's called the "Secure Our Smartphones Initiative" and it includes officials from over a dozen states. - “It is totally unacceptable that we have an epidemic of crime that we believe can be eliminated if the technological fixes that we believe are available are put into place,” said co-chair Eric Schneiderman- The coalition is encouraging manufacturers to equip all smartphones with a “kill switch.”

- New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg will announce that his city is embracing Nextdoor, the San Francisco-based social network for neighbors, using Nextdoor to push notices into, and pull information back out of, some 1,800 individual neighborhoods across all five boroughs.- Nextdoor is social network for physical neighbors based on verified addresses. Fully integrated with New York government departments, to be used by police, fire, utility, and other agencies. Nextdoor CEO Nirav Tolia anticipates the city will use the service to post information about power outages, construction notices, traffic accidents, and weather events like tropical storms, among many other potential use cases, bolstering municipal efficiency and citizen engagement.- New York officials will be able to initiate discussions and read neighborhood responses to those discussions, but won’t be able to see discussions that are strictly between neighbors. The partnership with the city will also ensure there is a Nextdoor network available for every single one of the city’s neighborhoods

- Nextdoor putting between 8 and 11 “field organizers” in New York, its first hires outside of its Silicon Valley headquarters. The organizers, primarily drawn from the ranks of former political campaign workers- NextDoor has municipal partnerships similar to its New York arrangement with 120 other cities, including Dallas, Denver, San Diego, and San Jose. q: is a private co with no revenue the way to go for cities? privacy concerns?

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Reuters reports sources in Apple's supply chain say new iPhones with 4.7-inch and 5.7-inch screen are being considered for next year. Apple often experiments with different prototypes many of which do not become final products. Sources also told Reuters a new iPhone referred to as the 5S will come with a fingerprint sensor released alongside a cheaper version with a plastic case available in multiple colors.

Facebook has hashtags! At least, they'll finally be clickable on Facebook. Similar to other services like Instagram, Twitter, Tumblr, or Pinterest, hashtags on Facebook allow you to add context to a post or indicate that it is part of a larger discussion. When you click on a hashtag in Facebook, you’ll see a feed of what other people and Pages are saying about that event or topic.

It's amazing - Yahoo just acquired Rondee. Okay - so what's Rondee? It's a free conference-call service provider. With the news is that Rondee will no longer accept new users. If you're already a Rondee user, you can make conference calls until July 12th. Archived data from the service will no longer be available after August 12th. This is Yahoo's second purchase this week. Yesterday, the company announced it acquired GhostBird Software, makers of iOS photography apps.

Sony has invited various journalists to events June 25th in Germany and China and July 4th in Paris. What will they announce? Maybe the Xperia Z Ultra? ePrice claims the ZU will have a 6.44-inch, 1,920 x 1,080 IPS LCD display with 342ppi, run a 2.2GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 with 2GB RAM, 16GB storage and a 64GB microSD card slot, with a 3,000mAh non-removable battery.

Cord-cutters, you know, like me, — get our TV from the internet rather than traditional cable services — but content like sports, and networks like HBO, still are hard to get access to. Bloomberg reports that's because cable companies, Time Warner Cable being one of them, are offering incentives to media companies and content providers to keep their shows off of internet services. Unnamed sources said those incentives were either monetary or were threats of dropping programming from the media company.

WhatsApp announced on Twitter that it set a new one-day record of 27 billion messages over a 24-hour period. If you're unfamiliar with WhatsApp, it's a free text messaging alternative. The company says 10 billion messages were sent, 17 billion received. There was no mention of how many messages were about the Stanley Cup Finals. Go 'Hawks.

Google reports a "significant jump" in phishing activity in Iran over the past three weeks. The attacks appear to be politically-oriented targeting Gmail accounts in Iran. The first round of Iran's Presidential election begins Friday June 14.

Apple now holds about 20 percent of the U.S. ebook market, director Keith Moerer said in court Tuesday. Moerer was a government witness in U.S. vs. Apple, in which the Department of Justice accuses Apple of illegally colluding with book publishers to set ebook prices at the launch of the iBookstore in 2010. Meanwhile, Eddy Cue, called “the chief ringleader of the conspiracy” by a Justice Department lawyer, was called to testify today in the Manhattan trial of the government’s lawsuit against Apple.

Jolla announced today it will release it's first phone with the Sailfish OS later this year on the Finnish mobile carrier DNA. Jolla employs several former Nokia employees. Sailfish is a revival of the Meego operating system also formerly of Nokia. The Jolla phone will cost €399 and is available for pre-orders, shipping sometime by the end of the year.

Of the $8.8 billion spent on mobile Internet advertising in 2012, Google took in more than half of that according to eMarketer. The research firm also says that Google took in one-third of all digital ad dollars spent in the world. Facebook made $0 in mobile revenue in 2011, picked up $470 million in 2012 and is expected to take in over $2 billion in 2013. With growth like that, Facebook will be making a gazillion dollars in mobile by 2017 according to analyst firm, eHyperbole.

- Apple is looking at introducing at least two bigger iPhones next year - one with a 4.7-inch screen and one with a 5.7-inch screen - said the sources, including those in the supply chain in Asia. They said suppliers have been approached with plans for the larger screens, but noted it is still unclear whether Apple will actually launch its flagship product in the larger sizes.- apple famously changes things until last moment, so nothing's final- cheaper iPhone may push to next year. possible $99 price- China, the world's biggest smartphone market, is set to grow 48 percent this year, outpacing the global increase of 31 percent, according to industry forecasts.- ios 7 dev beta is really buggy. apple has a lot of work to do

- Bloomberg and Variety report that Time Warner Cable and other pay-TV operators are ""offering incentives to media companies that agree to withhold content from Web-based entertainment services such as those pursued by Intel Corp. (INTC) and Apple Inc. (AAPL), people with knowledge of the matter said." - What kind of incentive would stop the media companies from giving its content to Intel? Money! higher payments! - Variety says that DirecTV, Dish, and Cablevision are also in on this with TWC- TWC Ceo Glenn Britt said that his company "may well have (programming contracts) that have that prohibition" barring TV networks from bringing their content online.- "He added that some deals afford TWC the rights to nationwide Internet-video distribution if programmers license networks to an online video provider."- Charter Communications CFO Chris Winfry said that is in ""everybody's mutual interest that we are protecting the ecosystem…" - TWC spokesperson Maureen Huff said “Exclusivities and windows are extremely common in the entertainment industry… It’s absurd to suggest that, in today’s highly competitive video marketplace, obtaining some level of exclusivity is anticompetitive.” - Bloomberg points out that satellite co's had trouble getting content until legislation was passed in 1992 to get access to content

Q: Do exclusive deals to keep content offline seem anticompetitive? Should there be legislation to change the game?

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Steven Spielberg and George Lucas predict ‘massive implosion’ in film industry

Steven Spielberg, George Lucas and Don Mattrick (MS President Interactive Entertainment) at USC talk future of the entertainment medium- Lucas: Movies will become like Broadway, high-end sophisticated, expensive, few theaters, event-driven- Rest will be Internet TV, similar to cable and broadcast, but wider variety, more experimentation, niche- Lucas: "But out of that chaos will come some really amazing things. And right now there's amazing opportunities for young people coming into the industry to say, ‘Hey, I think I'm going to do this and there's nobody to stop me.' It's all because the gatekeepers have been killed."Q: What do you think of Lucas's vision of the future of movies?

- Twitter opened analytics tools to public for free. data about ppl and brands who follow us, clicked links, RTs, etc- ads.twitter.com, click on "analytics" - which of my tweets got faved, RTd, replied to most, clicked links (not just OG link but anywhere it was linked to)- who of my folllowers are M/F, location, interests (?), who else they follow

probably better for brands? does this help us? does it afffect our future tweet behavior?

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- 9to5Mac found out that Apple will support standardized hardware controllers- This isn't a rumor. This is in Apple's new Game Controller framework added to iOS 7 and OS X 10.9- Here's how it works: Apple will open up the iOS SDK to support hardware controllers- IOS would support MFi game controllers - that's Apple's licensing program for third-party hardware accessories - Touch Arcade found some images showing a couple of controllers that look like the Wii Classic controller and the 3DS- Apple's big guidelines on controllers: they must be optional and must be automatically connected once discovered- There are currently options to add controllers, but they are not exactly seamless.

Q: Is this a big deal? A curiosity?

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Yesterday Lamar was concerned about the 'agenda behind' the work that scientists have done many many times that has shown that driving while talking on the phone or texting is very distracting. Well, perhaps I can put this to rest a little. A student in our psychology department here at Algoma University (go Thunderbirds) ran a study for her honours thesis on this.

Courtney Parr (working with my colleague Paul Dupuis) found that people were most distracted when using a phone or when using a bluetooth headset talking to a confederate compared to the confederate being beside them. There was no difference between the hands free and the (hand full?) phone condition. The subjects were using a driving simulator (aka my son's xbox driving wheel and Forza 4). The conversations were exactly the same, there was a script that the confederate followed. Courtney's agenda was clear, she wanted to fulfil the requirements of an honours BA in psychology…..

Dave (the psychologist)-- David R Brodbeck, PhDAssociate Professor and Chair,Department of PsychologyAlgoma University

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Several Twitter clients seemed to have gone dark this week. Destroy Twitter, TweetDeck (at least the AIR client), even the Digsby integration all seems to be dead. Did something at Twitter change recently (I recall a story a few weeks/months ago about some changes to the API that would potentially hurt 3rd party apps), but it feels like there's *no* option left on the Windows desktop now other than going to the website (a terrible user experience that I've always tried to avoid at all costs, and definitely not conducive to staying on top of things in the way that having a client always open at the edge of my screen was).

Any chance this can get covered on the show? As they used to say over on that other network, "Love. The. Show". Keep up the great work

Callum Orr from sunny Scotland here. Just thought i would pitch in some thoughts about the statements made about nintendo not wanting to license out their games. I think iyaz was entirely correct that it is just a bit of a backwards move to think that not moving with the current trend of gaming into mobile will save them. However it is exactly what has probably kept them afloat for the past few years.

This is where i think they could be HTC's knight in metroid armour. they could either purchase or strike a deal with perhaps one handheld manufacturer, htc springs to mind as they constantly produce incredible hardware but dont seem to get any real benefits from it. and they could license out their ips to that single manufacturer? this way htc has some real muscle behind it, hopefully giving consumers a reason to pick up their amazing devices, and nintendo moves with the times a little and can augment their dwindling options.

Tonx is a small company made up of a tight knit team of experts who believe that everyone deserves a great cup of coffee, and everyone can brew a great cup right in their kitchen – if they have the right beans [and it starts with quality, fresh-roasted beans]. Tonx sources their beans directly from the growers, roasts them, and ships within 24hrs of roasting for the freshest beans you can find.

Talking Points (Please use different aspects of Tonx’s value prop):

Really good coffee (Tonx’s twitter feed is a testament that this is extraordinary coffee).

Shipped within 24 hrs of roasting.

Home-brewed coffee can be just as good as your favorite café. It's not as hard as baristas make it out to be - but it all starts with fresh beans, which you can't get if you buy bags of beans from grocery stores. Pre-ground coffee is even worse. Great coffee actually has very little to do with fancy gadgets and expensive gizmos.

Convenient – Tonx is a bi-weekly subscription which sends the best beans on earth directly to your door, for the price of a few café visits

If you’re hitting a café most mornings, this is a much better (and more economical) way to get great coffee.

Tonx offers plenty of help on best brewing methods and equipment.

Tonx sources directly from the growers. Because of their extensive relationships – they can follow the tilt of the earth and select the best beans when they are at their peak.

Tonx coffee also makes a fantastic gift. If you’re looking for something for that hard-to-buy-for person – why not get them a great cup of coffee every morning – so much more meaningful than a gift card.

[Tonx cares about the experience of its customers and is available to help with any brewing questions and ready to offer tips and advice.

Offer

If you fancy yourself a coffee connoisseur or just love coffee, you need to try Tonx Coffee. These guys are fanatical about delivering the best beans in the world. They source directly from the growers, roast it, and ship within 24hrs so it’s as fresh as can be. Every two weeks, you can get a new batch of incredible beans, roasted to perfection. Tonx is subscription only and they’re offering a free sample to our listeners. Visit Tonx.org/tnt to get some for yourself, or send it to someone you know who appreciates the finer things in life!

And for Fathers Day they have a special offer. If you buy a subscription for your Dad, Tonx will include an aeropress. Very easy to use and it makes great coffee. These normally retail for $30. This will make a unique gift for Dad and show you put a little thought into it this year.

Visit Tonx.org/tnt today!

We thank Tonx Coffee for their support of Tech News Today.

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If you fancy yourself a coffee connoisseur, you need to try an amazing new Roaster out of LA – Tonx Coffee. These guys are fanatical about delivering the best beans in the world. They source directly from the growers, roast it, and ship within 24hrs so it’s as fresh as can be. Every two weeks, you get a new batch of incredible beans, roasted to perfection. If you’re hitting a café most mornings, this is a much better (and more economical) way to get great coffee. Tonx is subscription only and they’re offering a free sample to our listeners. Use the url Tonx dot org slash tnt. Get some for yourself, or send it to someone you know appreciates the finer things. Tonx dot org slash tnt.

So, dear audience, I know we’ve got a lot of listeners who are coffee fiends. You couldn’t go one day without the java. But here’s my question – why do you drink such marginal coffee? There is another life friends, where coffee is good, right, and true. Our friends at Tonx buy your beans directly from the growers, roast it to perfection, and ship within 24hrs. It’s a bi-weekly subscription which sends the best beans on earth directly to your door, for the price of a few café visits. They’d love to send you a sample – so you can see what you’ve been missing. Use the url Tonx dot org slash tnt and they’ll send you a sample.

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Google's chief legal officer David Drummond sent an open letter to Attorney General Eric Holder requesting that a gag order on information regarding FISA requests be lifted. Microsoft and Facebook responded with public requests of their own and Twitter's general counsel posted his support of the request on Twitter. Google also told Wired that Google delivers information to the US government using secure FTP not special hardware or direct server access.

Nokia Lumia PureView who? Samsung announced its next Galaxy S4 handset which has a digital camera attached, but not just any ol camera.. The Galaxy S4 Zoom has a 10X optical zoom lens on the back, a 16 Mega Pixel CMOS Sensor, Optical Image Stabiliser and a Xenon Flash. So basically Samsung is trying to out Nokia where Nokia shines best when it comes to cameras on phones. like low light photography and extra steady video).

If you're squeamish - look away. You're about to see some graphic images of Google Glass torn apart. Star Simpson and Scott Torborg took apart a Google Glass device and found a 570mAh single cell lithium polymer battery. The duo also found that Glass wasn't that difficult to take a part and they managed to put it back together in working condition.

Don Mattrick President of the Interactive Entertainment Business at Microsoft told Geoff Keighley from GameTrailers “Fortunately we have a product for people who aren’t able to get some form of connectivity. It’s called Xbox 360.” Microsoft requires Xbox One to ping an Internet server once every 24 hours. Sony announced that the PS4 will not require an Internet connection.

Almost three years after Palm sold to Hewlett-Packard, Palm's former chief executive Jon Rubinstein expressed regret about the deal, calling it "a waste." In an interview with Fierce Wireless, and asked if there was something he have done differently with WebOS, he said if he had known then what he knows now, it's very unlikely he would have agreed to the deal. "Talk about a waste," said Rubinstein. "If we had known they were just going to shut it down and never really give it a chance to flourish, what would have been the point of selling the company?"

Pandora has long claimed that the royalty rates it pays for music were far too high and that terrestrial radio has enjoyed preferential rates. So, Pandora just went out and bought KXMZ-FM, a terrestrial radio station in Rapid City, South Dakota. By purchasing one single radio station, Pandora should be able to qualify for lower rates. The cost savings to Pandora will be worth less than 1% of its revenue compared to its current rates.

3D TV programming may be dead in the water. ESPN, one of the first major programmers to embrace the 3D, plans to discontinue its specialized ESPN 3D channel by the end of the year. A spokesperson told the Verge, "Nobody knows more about sports in 3D than ESPN, and we will be ready to provide the service to fans if or when 3D does take off." Until then, the network in focused on another TV trend: 4K.

Paul Miller, recently returned to the Internet, and has a feature on The Verge about the Virtuix Omni. The Omni is a virtual reality platform that attempts to allow you to run around while staying in one place. It consists of plastic crater-like base and a waist-high ring harness. The demo was paired with the Oculus Rift for full virtual awesomeness. The rig is very much a prototype but they hope to bring it to retail in 2014 for $499 or $599. Oh and speaking of the Oculus Rift, the 720p VR headset was showing off a 1080p version at E3, the first time they've demoed the kit at that resolution.

A company called eyeSight says it's developed software that will allow people to control devices with gestures using existing standard cameras. A demo video provided by the company shows a person controlling Google Earth using a laptop with in air gestures recognized by that laptop's camera. The eyeSight platform is currently limited to a developer SDK

AG Eric Holder, DoJ considering request by Google Facebook and MS to discuss NSA eavesdropping- Google chief legal office David Drummond sent open letter: "Google's numbers would clearly show that our compliance with these requests falls far short of the claims being made. Google has nothing to hide."- Microsoft: "government should take action to allow companies to provide additional transparency."- Facebook general counsel Ted Ulyot: allow "companies to include information about the size and scope of national security requests we receive, and look forward to publishing a report that includes that information."- Twitter GC Alex Macgillivray posted support for transparency- 8 senators introduced legislation to declassify opinions from FISC- Google told Wired: "When required to comply with these requests, we deliver that information to the U.S. government -- generally through secure FTP transfers and in person. The U.S. government does not have the ability to pull that data directly from our servers or network."

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- an interview with Geoff Keighley, a journalist for GameTrailers, Xbox chief Don Mattrick was asked about the Xbox One's need to be connected online and said, "fortunately, we have a product for people who aren't able to get some form of connectivity, it's called Xbox 360." - he then explained the case of a particular offline gamer: MATTRICK: "Well, if you have zero access to the internet, that is an offline device, I mean, seriously, when I read the blogs, and thought about who's really the most impacted, there was a person who said 'hey, I'm on a nuclear sub,' and I don't even know what it means to be on a nuclear sub but I've gotta imagine it's not easy to get an internet connection."

Q: does Mattrick have a point considering MS will support the 360 for years to come or does someone at MS need to muzzle its execs?

- new study says tools for hands-free internet connectedness takes driver's mind off road. “What we really have on our hands is a looming public safety crisis with the proliferation of these vehicles,” said Yolanda Cade, a spokeswoman for AAA, whose Foundation for Highway Safety released the study- study notes that in certain cars, drivers can dictate e-mails or text messages. (with something like siri and bluetooth, many cars can do this) - David Strayer, a neuroscientist at the University of Utah who for two decades has applied the principles of attention science to driver behavior, led the research: What makes the use of these speech-to-text systems so risky is that they create a significant cognitive distraction. The brain is so taxed interacting with the system that, even with hands on the wheel and eyes on the road, the driver’s reaction time and ability to process what’s happening on the road are impaired.- talking on a phone while driving creates the same level of crash risk as someone with a 0.08 blood-alcohol level. reason for the heavy load created by the technology was not totally clear. One reason appears to be the amount of effort required to talk to the dashboard, which is greater than talking to a person, who can interrupt and ask for clarification.

- automakers aren't being held to any real standard. In April, the federal government recommended that automakers voluntarily limit the technology in their cars to keep drivers focused.- - More than half of all new cars will integrate some type of voice recognition by 2019, according to the electronics consulting firm IMS Research. The auto companies argue these systems are safer because they are hands-free.- technology in cars will get smarter, more robust. does gov need to officially intervene?

- samsung officially announced the Samsung galaxy s4 zoom - it's a 16MP point and shoot with a 10x optical zoom and optical image stabilization combined with what is essentially a Galaxy S4 mini. - 4.3-inch qHD display, 1.5GHz dual-core CPU, 1.5GB RAM, 8GB of internal storage (expandable via microSD slot) and a 1.9MP front facing camera. - The Zoom has a feature called Zoom Ring that allows the user to activate an in-call photo sharing feature by twisting the zoom ring on the device and then capturing and sending an image to the caller via MMS — all without having to suspend the call- President and CEO JK Shin is pleased by the union, calling it "truly the best of both worlds, without compromise," for people who want to capture high quality images and share them, but don't want to carry two devices. - Engadget was told it will arrive in the UK this summer. pricing: the devicemwas already reviewed by a Russiam site that mentioned a July release and local pricing of around $618 - Samsung has confirmed that the Galaxy S4 Zoom will come to the US too, at some point in Q3 this year.

Q: do you think a device like this will catch on?

"If you’re going to ask consumers to lug around a bulky, heavy phone, might as well make it look as much like the camera they used to own as possible" Natasha Lomas at TechCrunch

- Christopher Harrison, asst. general counsel at Pandora, explained in a post at thehill.com why Pandora bought KXMZ-FM, a terrestrial radio station broadcasting out of Rapid City, South Dakota.- Pandora pays two royalty streams: sound recordings & publishing rights. By buying a terrestrial station, Pandora enjoys better rates. - in 2012 a settlement between ASCAP (entity that reps publishers) and radio operators gave lower rates to Pandora competitors like iHeartRadio (owned by CC) because CC owns terrestrial radio stations. By buying a single radio station in South Dakota, Pandora can qualify for the lower rates.- cnet notes: The preferential royalty rates are expected to snag savings worth less than 1 percent of its revenue versus the rates it is currently paying. Based on last year's top line, that equates to less than $5 million.

-harrison: in late 2012 a major publisher withdrew its new media rights from ASCAP, forcing Pandora to negotiate a direct agreement against a ticking clock. During negotiations, ASCAP and the publisher increased the pressure by refusing to provide Pandora the list of tracks that were being withdrawn, exposing Pandora to copyright infringement liability of up to $150,000 per work. At Pandora’s scale, such liability would be enormous. Faced with such potential liability, Pandora negotiated an agreement that resulted in increased rates. Shortly thereafter, additional major publishers took steps to withdraw their catalogs from ASCAP, again with respect to Pandora.- Pandora also suing ASCAP for discrimination and anticompetitive tactics. It also lobbied Congress to pass an Internet Radio Fairness Act that would set up a panel of judges to set rates.Harrison: "Certain powerful music incumbents see Internet radio as a threat to the status quo. Internet radio must be embraced -- not discriminated against."

Nintendo President Satoru Iwata to WSJ: "If I was only concerned about managing Nintendo for this year and next year — and not about what the company would be like in 10 or 20 years — then I'd probably say that my point of view is nonsense. But if we think 20 years down the line, we may look back at the decision not to supply Nintendo games to smartphones and think that is the reason why the company is still here."- "I understand the reality that there are some in the market who are more supportive of doing things differently than the way we are doing it. If you want to make short-term profits from the stock price, then I am a very bad president. But I don't think I'm so bad for maximizing the long-term value of Nintendo."- "People will buy hardware just to buy a single game if the game is really compelling."- 3DS: Animal Crossing, Super Mario Bros. selling in millions

- Brandon called back pointing out the limitations of FreedomPop's coverage, but found it a worthy use of its service.

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Hey TNT gang – Was listening to today's show and wanted to weigh in with my thoughts on the new Mac Pro. ​I'm a recording studio engineer in Glendale, CA, and our facility works exclusively on Mac Pros for our audio workstations. We have to use PCIe cards for the Avid Pro Tools HD audio system. Using outboard expansion cards connecting over Thunderbolt is something that a lot of people in my industry have been doing for close to a year now for using Pro Tools HD on MacBook Pros (especially for field recording).

​I appreciate it's small size and don't really care about the look – our 9 computers are up for refresh and we'll be buying them for the specs. For most professionals that aren't self employed, I assume this is probably the case (especially with the price tag it will probably carry). We say a lot that Apple designs for 80% of users, and I think this is a case where Apple is designing for 80% of pros. Not sure about the physical design, but the power behind it should impress. ​Thanks guys, love the show.

Tonx is a small company made up of a tight knit team of experts who believe that everyone deserves a great cup of coffee, and everyone can brew a great cup right in their kitchen – if they have the right beans [and it starts with quality, fresh-roasted beans]. Tonx sources their beans directly from the growers, roasts them, and ships within 24hrs of roasting for the freshest beans you can find.

Talking Points (Please use different aspects of Tonx’s value prop):

Really good coffee (Tonx’s twitter feed is a testament that this is extraordinary coffee).

Shipped within 24 hrs of roasting.

Home-brewed coffee can be just as good as your favorite café. It's not as hard as baristas make it out to be - but it all starts with fresh beans, which you can't get if you buy bags of beans from grocery stores. Pre-ground coffee is even worse. Great coffee actually has very little to do with fancy gadgets and expensive gizmos.

Convenient – Tonx is a bi-weekly subscription which sends the best beans on earth directly to your door, for the price of a few café visits

If you’re hitting a café most mornings, this is a much better (and more economical) way to get great coffee.

Tonx offers plenty of help on best brewing methods and equipment.

Tonx sources directly from the growers. Because of their extensive relationships – they can follow the tilt of the earth and select the best beans when they are at their peak.

Tonx coffee also makes a fantastic gift. If you’re looking for something for that hard-to-buy-for person – why not get them a great cup of coffee every morning – so much more meaningful than a gift card.

[Tonx cares about the experience of its customers and is available to help with any brewing questions and ready to offer tips and advice.

Offer

If you fancy yourself a coffee connoisseur or just love coffee, you need to try Tonx Coffee. These guys are fanatical about delivering the best beans in the world. They source directly from the growers, roast it, and ship within 24hrs so it’s as fresh as can be. Every two weeks, you can get a new batch of incredible beans, roasted to perfection. Tonx is subscription only and they’re offering a free sample to our listeners. Visit Tonx.org/tnt to get some for yourself, or send it to someone you know who appreciates the finer things in life!

And for Fathers Day they have a special offer. If you buy a subscription for your Dad, Tonx will include an aeropress. Very easy to use and it makes great coffee. These normally retail for $30. This will make a unique gift for Dad and show you put a little thought into it this year.

Visit Tonx.org/tnt today!

We thank Tonx Coffee for their support of Tech News Today.

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If you fancy yourself a coffee connoisseur, you need to try an amazing new Roaster out of LA – Tonx Coffee. These guys are fanatical about delivering the best beans in the world. They source directly from the growers, roast it, and ship within 24hrs so it’s as fresh as can be. Every two weeks, you get a new batch of incredible beans, roasted to perfection. If you’re hitting a café most mornings, this is a much better (and more economical) way to get great coffee. Tonx is subscription only and they’re offering a free sample to our listeners. Use the url Tonx dot org slash tnt. Get some for yourself, or send it to someone you know appreciates the finer things. Tonx dot org slash tnt.

So, dear audience, I know we’ve got a lot of listeners who are coffee fiends. You couldn’t go one day without the java. But here’s my question – why do you drink such marginal coffee? There is another life friends, where coffee is good, right, and true. Our friends at Tonx buy your beans directly from the growers, roast it to perfection, and ship within 24hrs. It’s a bi-weekly subscription which sends the best beans on earth directly to your door, for the price of a few café visits. They’d love to send you a sample – so you can see what you’ve been missing. Use the url Tonx dot org slash tnt and they’ll send you a sample.

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Sony bounced back from looming defeat like Rocky in… a lll.. the .. Rocky movies.. last night with the final details on the Sony PS4. Games took center stage with great indie titles like OctoDad alongside big franchises like Kingdom Hearts and Bungie's Destiny. But the big punch came when Sony announced there will be no restrictions on sale or trade of used games and no requirement to have an Internet connection to play games on disc. Sony finished by announcing the new console will ship in time for the holidays at $399, €399, and £349. Then metaphorically dropped the mic and left the E3 stage.

WWDC's big keynote happened yesterday, and we got lots of updates: iOS 7 got a huge design change, a flattened overall look and feel, new fonts and colors, a redesigned camera app, plus a simplified “Control Center”, & better security in the event of a stolen iphone. The Macbook Air line got better better life but no retina displays, OS X 10.9 moved away from cat names and into surf breaks with OS X Mavericks, and we got a sneek peak of the next-gen Mac Pro, with a huge cylindical design update and power to run multiple 4k screens at once.

Microsoft dished details about the Xbox One at its E3 press conference. The One will cost $499 and be released to 21 markets in November. Microsoft also demoed some exclusive titles like Forza Motorsport 5 and Ryse: Son of Rome. Xbox Live membership will now come with two free game downloads per month. Microsoft also debuted a redesigned Xbox 360 that takes its design cues from the Xbox One and that is available today.

Nintendo did too have a big E3 announcement! Kind of. Pre-recorded. Partially from an empty conference room in Tokyo. But still, innovative new game releases OK! Like Super Mario 3D World this December. That's right 3D! And Mario Kart 8! First time with an 8! Sometime next spring. Oooh but in October we get Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker… right-- the GameCube Zelda… but in HD! And a new game franchise Donkey Kong! Well yeah… he's not new I guess but Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze. is new… kind of I mean it has HD, sometime this year. so yeah… Nintendo!

Yep, Google's buying Waze to the tune of around $1billion dolloars. Google’s purchase comes after rumors of failed negotiations between the Israel-based social mapping company and both Facebook and Apple. Although Google says Waze will continue to operate independently in Irael, The U.S. is currently Waze’s largest single market . In a blog post confirming the deal, Waze CEO Noam Bardin had this to say about the sale: "Choosing the path of an IPO often shifts attention to bankers, lawyers and the happiness of Wall Street, and we decided we’d rather spend our time with you, the Waze community."

AMD introduced the world to its new FX-9590 CPU with a clock speed of 5GHz in turbo mode. The processor uses eight Piledriver cores. If 5 GHz is too much speed for you, AMD also introduced the 4.7 GHz FX-9370, which also uses eight Piledriver cores. AMD said these processors will be available starting in the vague time period of "this summer."

86 organizations including Mozilla, Reddit, 4Chan and the EFF sent a letter to the US Congress today asking the government to immediately halt the PRISM project and other forms of Internet surveillance. They also launched a website called stop watching.us. Too bad for them most US citizens like being spied on. A study from the Pew REsearch Center found 56% surveyed think the NSA's blanket compilation of telephone metadata is an acceptable way to investigate threats and only 41% find it unacceptable. 62% told Pew that terrorist threats outweighed privacy concerns. But they do have limits with 52% saying the government should not be allowed to monitor email.

Consoles? They're just a passing fad. LG thinks the future of gaming is in our TVs, and has unveiled the free beta for Ubitus' GameNow service to Smart TVs in the US. It's a cloud gaming portal that streams console-grade titles like Devil May Cry 4 and Dead Rising 2, plus free trials and support for other gamepads. LG and Ubitus say an official launch is sometime in the "near future."

HBO must be feeling flattered again! TorrentFreak reports the finale of the TV show Game of Thrones was shared and downloaded a million times in 24 hours with peaks of 170,000 simultaneous peers. That beats the previous record of 160,000. Most downloads came from Australia, followed by the US, Canada and the UK.

Here's an update on the rumored HTC One Mini! Bloomberg reports that according to two people familiar with the matter, a smaller version of the One will launch by August. The One Mini would have a pint sized 4.3-inch screen, a slower processor, and a lower resolution screen. But since the design is based on the One, it'll be pretty! HTC wants you to buy the pretty mini!

iOS7 - Everything is based on a white background, largely flattened- Control center: swipe from the bottom of the screen to toggle wireless, brightness, airplay, calculator, a flashlight, music controls, do not disturb - Multitasking for all apps. frequently used apps will do background updates. App Switching with cards/screens instead of just icons.- Safari has icons for controls at the bottom of the screen, Bing search. - Airdrop lets you send images (or video?) w people close by (group picnic, etc)- camera app now includes filters & square photo mode for easy IG sharing, etc- photo viewer groups photos into moments, organized by location/date. You can zoom out into year and month view. Photo stream sharing now lets other users add photos and video is supported. - Siri has a new female and male voice. new voice control increase brightness, turn off bluetooth and play that last song again.- iOS car integration - new models only, 2014 in various models- Activiation Lock: if someone steals your phone and chooses to disable Find My iPhone, they won't be able to reactivate the phone. Same if they wipe the phone -- they'll be forced to sign in with your Apple ID and password

MacBook Airs: intel’s Haswell chips, but no retina- Graphics are 40% faster, but the CPUs won’t be significantly faster than the last generation. NBD.- Battery life: The 11-inch air improves to 9 hours (from 5) and the 13-incher improves to 12 hours (from 7)- Has WiFi in the new AC standard. Their new wireless routers have support for this standard, too, with beamforming (aiming).- starts at $1000 and $1100 for the 11 and 13-inchers

New look Xbox 360 in Xbox One StyleTwitch integrated into Xbox One, record and lifestream gameplay with Gold subXbox Live God subscribers two free game downloads per month (Assasin's Creed 3 and Halo 3)November $500

Biggest News:- PS4: the console was shown to be a black angular box with a price of $399, arrives holiday season (no date mentioned)- that's $100 less than an Xbox One (but that comes with a Kinect). The PS Eye costs $60 extra- Used games: PS4 Supports Used Games (take that MS). won't impose any new restrictions on used disc games. can be traded, sold, lend it, or keep it forever. Received lots of applause- The console is even region free (unlike the Xbox)- You don't need to be connected online to play- Won't require you to checkin online- PS+ expansion: PS Plus membership carries over to PS4 one price for PS4, PS3, PSV. PS+ takes over the multiplayer (not free any more). new title for free every month at PS+. Media services don't require +- Bungie's Destiny demo: kill all the aliens

Games!- 140 games in dev for PS4. over 100 avail w/in the first year.- The Order: an exclusive PS4 game (steampunk looking game)- Killzone, Drive Club, and Knack will all launch alongside PlayStation 4 this holiday. inFamous follows in "Q1 2014.- FF15, Kingdom Hearts 3 coming to PS4; FF14 coming to PS4 and PS3

Other News:- There will be an indie section on the PS Store and game developers can self publish. - Media offerings: Sony Pictures will produce original programming for the PSN. Music Unlimited and Movies Unlimited services would be available on PlayStation 4 on day one. Redbox and Flixster to join- Cloud Strategy: Cloud Service provides PS3, and PS4 gets access to games in 2014. games are streamed using gaikai- More games coming for the PS3 and PSV- Curious demo with a tablet being used in conjuction with the PS4

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Waze to stay independent- Will stay in ISrael, Google has Campus Tel Aviv- Brian McClendon, Google’s VP of Geo: “We’re excited about the prospect of enhancing Google Maps with some of the traffic update features provided by Waze and enhancing Waze with Google’s search capabilities.”

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I was thinking about your discussion of what will become of game consoles. I think the idea of a dongle is a good possibility. What would make sense is if the dongle was compartmentalized in the TV, kind of like inserting a SIM card or microSD card into your phone in a way that is hidden from the exterior appearance, in order to avoid the ugly protusion that the current USB sticks create.

In this way, the TV manufacturers wouldn't have to make the device built-in to a piece of hardware with a ten year life cycle, they could use the opportunity to charge comumers extra for the device, and they could provide devices with different capabilities to cater to different markets. You can have your game dongle, your DVR dongle, your interntet TV dongle, and your all-in-one dongle. At appropriate price points of course.

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Here in AU, we have already had issues with some government and public organizations banning the use of any kind of cloud service that is hosted overseas. The level of NSA spying makes this situation worse for anyone wanting to use services in the US if they have not already beendisallowed from doing so.

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Apple's WWDC keynote and Microsoft and Sony's E3 annoucnements are today. TWiT will cover these annoucnements in special breaking news podcasts at twit.tv/specials. We'll recap and discuss all the announcements on tomorrow's show as well. Meanwhile let's start with the top 10 stories this morning, in the News Fuse.

It was a lively weekend for followers of the NSA. First US Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper released a statement declassifying portions of the PRISM data collection system and clarifying that the system is used to collect foregoing intelligence under court supervision. Another leak revealed the tool Boundless Informant, a heat map of the amount of data collected by region, seeming to show the NSA has much more data at its fingertips than it has admitted. And biggest of all former CIA employee and NSA contractor Edward Snowden revealed himself as the leaker of the PRISM documents and Verizon court order.

Google is close to buying Waze for $1.3 billion, Israeli newspaper Globes reported yesterday, which may make this really real, and put to rest potential rival offers for the Israeli mapping start-up.The report didn't cite sources or provide further details, but All Things D is reporting the same.

Comcast is building out its WiFi network by equipping homes of Xfinity subscribers with a new gateway device that acts as a WiFi hotspot. That hotspot will be freely accessible by other Xfinity subscribers. Folks who don't have Comcast will be able to access the hotspot twice before being required to pay. Comcast says that the hotspot's usage will not affect the host subscriber. If you have one of these new gateway devices and don't want to be a hotspot, you'll have to opt out.

Apple in its mercurial way decided to stream this year's WWDC keynote event. An Apple Events icon wight he WWDC 2013 logo showed up on Apple TV as well as a page on the Apple website. Somehow Apple could only get their stream working on Safari for OS X or iOS. Maybe their engineers will do better next time.

iRobot has added another product to its line of helpful droids, called the Ava 500. it's like the Roomba vacuum, but more corporate. The Ava—short for Avatar— wheeled robot designed to navigate corporate offices autonomously and facilitate videoconference calls between workers and their remote colleagues. It comes with a high-definition video screen, some onboard mapping smarts, and Cisco’s TelePresence, a high-quality videoconferencing system. irobot will lease the Ava 500 to customers for between $2,000 and $2,500 a month,

If you wanted to upgrade your phone on AT&T, you'll have to wait a little longer than before. Engadget reports that AT&T is extending its device upgrade interval from 20 months to 24 months. The new waiting period will apply to new customers and to any subscriber whose term ends in March or later. Verizon made a similar shift back in April.

Adobe launched Photoshop Lightroom 5 for Windows and Mac OS Monday.The update includes the Advanced Healing Brush for fixing imperfections; the Upright tool that automatically straightens objects; and Radial Graidents for applying off-centre and multiple vignettes to a single image.Its free in your CReative Cloud subscription, $149 standalone or $79 for an upgrade.

Oh, this will excite a small number of you folks! Sony introduced a brand new Google TV set top box. The NSZ-GS8 is powered by an ARM processor and now can handle voice control thanks to a microphone in the remote. The new Google TV box will cost about $200 and be available in early July.

The Verge reports on the strange journey of a lost Windows Phone prototype. Jeremiah Wong bought a Lumia 920 on eBay and realized the screens looked a bit different and posted some shots to the Flickr. He accidentally revealed his phone number which Microsoft used to call him and offer to reimburse him for what he paid the eBay seller as well as send him a replacement phone. They also remotely disabled the prototype and asked him to take the screenshots down. Apparently the prototype containing an early version of Windows Phone Blue had been left on a bus by mistake.

Get out the confetti! The Department of Justice has given its blessing to the marriage of SoftBank and Sprint. Now don't you go throwing that confetti because the SoftBank-Sprint merger now goes to the FCC for final approval. Oh, and the deal could go south if Sprint ends up with Dish because Dish is also bidding on the company. If the Dish does run away with the spoon - i mean Sprint - Reuters reports that Softbank might be eying T-Mobile for acquisition as a backup plan. You know what? Put away your confetti.

Edward Snowden, NSA contractor 'infrastructure analyst', former CIA, revealed himself in The Guardian- Flew to Hong Kong 10 days ago “they have a spirited commitment to free speech and the right of political dissent.”- "I carefully evaluated every single document I disclosed to ensure that each was legitimately in the public interest," he said. "There are all sorts of documents that would have made a big impact that I didn't turn over, because harming people isn't my goal. Transparency is."

Booz Allen Hamilton: "News reports that this individual has claimed to have leaked classified information are shocking, and if accurate, this action represents a grave violation of the code of conduct and core values of our firm. We will work closely with our clients and authorities in their investigation of this matter."

US DNI James R. Clapper declassified portions of PRISM - “PRISM is not an undisclosed collection or data mining program. It is an internal government computer system used to facilitate the government’s statutorily authorized collection of foreign intelligence information from electronic communication service providers under court supervision.”- Seems like an API, not direct server access. Google reported resisted then joined. Twitter has not joined.

- Reuters reports that Intel is offering to pay up to 75% more than traditional cable rates to media compamies for its new TV service - why the premium price? Media companies typically give better prices to operators with more viewers, such as large cable companies, and charge higher prices to smaller or newer entrants. Since Intel's TV service has yet to start, and therefore has no viewers, it can expect to pay a premium, all the sources - A Reuters source says that Intel hasn't closed any programming deals, but Viacom, News Corp and CBS have reached agreements on certain distribution details - A new detail on the potential service: Intel has suggested preventing viewers from skipping commercials on the first run of a show, said another source.

Q: if this report is true, Intel will pay a pretty penny to get its TV service off the ground. Does this venture make sense for intel at that cost?

- Intel is planning its own UI overlay, codenamed “Obsidian,” that it will bring to the mobile OS Tizen and possibly Android. A source working at Intel has tipped Ars with screenshots and video of Intel’s Obsidian project- Tizen, is backed by the Linux Foundation, Samsung, and Intel, hasn't shipped on any physical devices yet. - Samsung announced that it plans to launch Tizen devices later this year, mainly in Eastern markets. Intel's Atom chips have also made appearances in a handful of Android phones and tablets, but the company has yet to publicly announce further Tizen devices.- The Intel reference device that will get the Obsidian UI first is codenamed Josephine. The original “development-ready” date for the UI was set to be in July, but earlier deadlines have since slipped. As Intel has made no official announcements regarding Tizen releases

- The UI also makes use of a rotation to alert users to notifications. Rather than pop bubbles over an icon, the UI rotates the icon 45 degrees and displays a red notification in the bottom corner to differentiate it from the rest of the apps. The diamond element also crops up to display things like contact info.

- Google bans both facial-recognition and voiceprint technology from Glass. last week announced on its Google+ page that it was banning facial-recognition apps. The ban went farther than that; updates to the actual developer policy expanded the ban to voiceprints, saying that any applications that use the camera or microphone to “immediately” identify anyone other than the user “will not be approved at this time.”- At a recent conference, developer Lance Nanek showed off a medical facial-recognition Glass app he built that could—for a set of patient faces entered into the system—allow Glass-wearing clinicians to verify someone’s identity and instantly bring up records on allergies or existing prescriptions, without using computer of any kind- under its developer overview, Google ultimately controls what the display output of any application will be on Glass. This implies that Google could even block people from sending out a face photo, getting it recognized, and then seeing the results on Glass—even if a facial-recognition app isn’t directly written for Glass. The company left open the possibility that future privacy-protection technologies might prompt a policy change.

- members of Congress wrote two weeks ago to CEO Larry Page to ask whether the company would prevent “unintentional” collection of data and whether it would allow facial recognition—demanding a response by June 14. The ban came after the Congressional letter.

- Will we get a PlayStation 5 or a NextBox?- Spending on console gaming topped out in 2009 at $14.1 billion- Forbes quotes DFC INtelligence's David Cole current console ten tops at $12 billion in 2016- NPD Group, the number of American gamers has risen from 205.9 million in 2012 to 209.9 million this year. - Dongle that plugs into any TV- Cloud service?

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On Friday's episode of TNT, in the story about Apple and the potential release of a streaming music service, you missed a biggie.

If you live somewhere OTHER than in the U.S.A., then you typically do not have things like Pandora, Spotify, etc. A few countries do have some of these options, but some locations have effectively no music streaming services. I suspect that Apple will be able to do a world wide streaming service, in all the countries where you can currently buy music from them via iTunes. As such, Apple will become the king of streaming in a global sense.

We'll find out more on Monday of course.

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I used to work for an organization that looked at the problem of credit card swipe fees. With businesses that make most of their money on smaller transactions (under $20), the cost of the fees is often in their top 5 costs- and moving higher each year.

If Google can capture enough transactions across millions of businesses, they can negotiate a lower overall fee. If they get the fee low enough, they can operate at net zero, but collect data, which is their bread and butter anyhow.

I want to try Google Wallet, but it isn't supported on my GS3, even rooted, running Cyanogen.

Love the show!

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The Washington Post and The Guardian reported yesterday that nine tech companies, Microsoft, Yahoo, Google, Facebook, PalTalk, YouTube, Skype, AOL and Apple, gave the NSA direct access to their data through a project called PRISM. All the companies except AOL and PalTalk have denied knowledge of any such program. The Washington Post later backtracked saying that the slides leaked to them by a career intelligence officer may have been imprecise. Anothe classified document the Post saw referenced equipment installed at company-controlled locations rather than direct access to servers. US Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper claimed both articles had numerous inaccuracies and categorically denied that PRISM spies on US citizens. The Wall Street Journal further reported that AT&T, Sprint, and other ISPs collect telephony metadata similar to the report about Verizon yesterday. Finally the Guardian reported that the UK's Government Communications Headquarters has reviews data collected through PRISM since 2010.

Sources tell All things D that Apple has Signed up Sony, the holdout of the big three music labels, to its upcoming so-called iRadio service. So, can we expect an annoucement at WWDC on Monday? It may depend on whether or not Apple also signed Sony's publishing arm, which may still be in negotiations.

Microsoft published several pieces on Xbox Wire answering some questions about the Xbox One. The Xbox One will be able to "game offline for up to 24 hours on your primary console." What about used games? Microsoft says that it "does not charge a platform fee to retailers, publishers, or consumers for enabling transfer of these games" and that the Xbox One is designed so "game publishers can enable you to trade in your games at participating retailers." MS even addressed the privacy concerns about the Xbox Kinect - Microsoft says while you can turn on your Xbox One with a voice command, that listening mode can be turned off.

Bloomberg reports sources tell them Apple will start an iPhone trade-in program this month to encourage users to upgrade to the iPhone 5. Apple has partnered with Brightstar, a mobile phone distributor to run the exchange program. Apple and Brightstar have not commented on the plan.

Samsung's shares have fallen to a four-month low after JPMorgan Chase cut share-price estimates for Samsung by 9.5 percent to 1.9 million won and lowered its 2013 earnings estimates by 9 percent -- citing slow demand for the flagship Galaxy S4 smartphone, according to Bloomberg. Poor consumer demand stemming from Europe is likely to impact demand, and JPMorgan Chase now expects annual S4 shipments to be 20 - 30 percent lower than previously forecast.

There is patent peace in our times, ladies and gentleman. TiVo settled its patent dispute with Google's Motorola Mobility, Time Warner Cable and Cisco to the tune of $490 million. TiVo will enter in to cross-licensing agreements with Google and Cisco. The settlement amount was less than what was estimated by analysts, so TiVo's stock took a hit on the news. TiVo also approved a $200 million stock-buyback plan.

The BlueStacks GamePop console gets more interesting every day. In addition to the ability to run games from Android, the startup announced Friday that the set-top box will run iOS games through a virtualization process called LookingGlass. CEO Rosen Sharma has no idea how Apple might react to this. The console is free to preorders by June. The service will cost $6.99 a month.

Apple gave a Google employee a bit of a hard time in court yesterday, as it attempted to prove wrong the Department of Justice's claim that Apple conspired to inflate e-book prices. Lead Apple attorney Orin Snyder hammed on Thomas Turvey, director of strategic relationships for Google. During his testimony, Turvey couldn't remember which publishing executives he spoke to, the circumstances around those conversations, or any helpful details. He offered few specifics and kept referring to his written testimony. "You can't recall the single name of anyone at a single publisher?" Snyder asked. "No," Turvey said repeastedly.

Were you upset that Microsoft's Windows 8.1 video earlier this week didn't have the start button. Well a new video is out from Computex where Microsoft shows off the Start button including the all apps screen that comes up when it's pressed. Microsoft 8.1 preview is scheduled to come out June 26.

U.S. intelligence officials tell NBC News that data from the 2008 presidential campaigns of both John McCain and Barack Obama were hacked by China. The goal of the hacking was to obtain internal data including private emails and position papers including the candidates' positions on China. The attacks were first detected by the FBI in the summer of 2008.

PRISM data collection program after Protect America Act approved by Congress in 2007 that allowed warrantless interception of foreign-to-foreign communications- Leaked by "career intelligence officer" that had "firsthand experience with these systems, and horror at their capabilities," - WaPo and Guardian claimed NSA has direct access to data from 9 Internet companies: Microsoft, Yahoo, Google, Facebook, PalTalk, YouTube, Skype, AOL and Apple. - Microsoft, Yahoo, Google, Facebook, YouTube, Skype and Apple have all refuted their involvement in the program, and denied knowledge of it.- WaPo backed down on claims that tech companies "participate knowingly"- Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper claims both articles have numerous inaccuracies. Clapper categorically denied that PRISM spies on US citizens- "By order of the FISC, the Government is prohibited from indiscriminately sifting through the telephony metadata acquired under the program. "- WSJ: phone call metadata is also being collected from AT&T and Sprint, along with data from other ISPs and even credit card purchase info.

WaPo backdown: "It is possible that the conflict between the PRISM slides and the company spokesmen is the result of imprecision on the part of the NSA author. In another classified report obtained by The Post, the arrangement is described as allowing "collection managers [to send] content tasking instructions directly to equipment installed at company-controlled locations," rather than directly to company servers."

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- a source tells ATD Sony Music has signed on to Apple’s iRadio service, was last holdout of warner, uni, sony big 3- iRadio may launch mon, may just be peek. Apple has yet to sign up Sony/ATV, Sony’s music publishing arm.- enhanced version of Pandora — that is, it will be a free streaming music service that gives users more control of their songs than standard Web radio, but less than full on-demand services like Spotify.- word is Sony wanted to get paid for radio listeners skipped:apple didn’t want to pay in full for a not-full recording

- Bluestacks announced that its Android-powered Gamepop game console will run iOS games- Bluestacks says it can run iOS games using something called "Looking Glass" which works at an API Level. The CEO of Bluestacks Rosen Sharma says that "its not quite virutalization or emulation as you've known it."- The company recreated the API that iOS provides WITHOUT using any Apple code.- This would allow an iOS game developer to submit their game to the Gamepop catalog- Sharma says that Looking Glass does all the work, so the barrier for devs is minimal- "Literally all developers have to do is change their payments backend so it works with our subscription model and that's it. They don't have to do anything else to their games." - Bluestacks is currently giving away the Gamepop console with a one year subscription until the end of June. After this promotion is over, the console & controller costs $129.- $7/month gets you access to Gamepop's game catalog

Q: iOS games on Android? What? Should BlueStacks be bringing Looking Glass to all of Android?

Used games- Give to friends: "There are two requirements: you can only give them to people who have been on your friends list for at least 30 days and each game can only be given once." (publishers must allow)- Microsoft will handle the cloud end of game transfers but publishers control whether retail outlets can sell used games or not.- After installing, can access games from cloud on any Xbox One- Up to ten family members can log in and play from shared library on any Xbox One- Must contact server once every 24 hours to play games, every hour on friend's consoles- No renting or loaning of games at launch- "When Xbox One is on and you're simply having a conversation in your living room, your conversation is not being recorded or uploaded." They also say data gathered during normal use won't leave the console without your explicit permission.

- - Forrester Research estimates that U.S. mobile payments will top $90 billion in 2017, up from $12.8 billion last year, but successful companies like PayPal and Square make money by charging retailers fees in excess of what they owe to credit-card companies.- Google has hundreds of developers working on Wallet and spent about $300M buying digital payment startups. But Wallet has been downloaded fewer than 10M times in the two years since its launch, according to Play- Google doesn't renerate fee revenue from the transactions like banks, PayPal, Square do. Google collects consumer data and target ads to them. Google pays such high fees to the credit-card companies it works with, though, that it loses money on every transaction, says Osama Bedier, who stepped down as head of Wallet on May 20 and will shortly leave the company.- only Sprint supports wallet. Verizon, AT&T & T-Mobile block Wallet on their phones and have teamed up to develop their own software, called Isis. MCX, a consortium of retailers including Wal-Mart and Target, is also working on a similar app.

- Larry Page in March gave advertising head Sridhar Ramaswamy control over Wallet. Google may scrap a Wallet credit card it’s developing, according to 3 people familiar with the project. It’s already changed its plans to build a Wallet-compatible Android tablet that can read credit cards for brick-and-mortar retailers, intended to rival Square’s card-reading tool, according to 4 people familiar with that project.

- AllThingsD reports that Yahoo is in serious discussions to buy Xobni- Xobni makes address book apps for iOS and Android as well as plugins for Gmail and Outlook- "The two companies have been talking for a while, but a deal appears more imminent now..."- Xobni CEO Jeff Bonforte previously was a Yahoo exec in charge of communications products and social search from 2005 to 2008- I tested out Xobni's "Smartr" app for iOS. It's a contact manager that puts together your contacts from Twitter, Gmail, iCloud, Yahoo, LinkedIn, Facebook and more. It uses three tabs to show you contact info on someone, your history with that person (like how often you contact them, calendar events involving that person), and common people between the two of you- It's pretty slick and is it's all in one approach is similar to the People Hub on WP- Xobni says it analyzes the data from those various networks and builds complete profiles for you

Q: Does Xobni's technology sound like something Yahoo would integrate into Yahoo Mail or do you think it would keep the company running independently?

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The Guardian released a confidential court order from the US government compelling Verizon to deliver daily reports of telephony metadata to the NSA from April 25 through July 19. The metadata for any call involving at least one US participant, includes routing info, trunk line, session ID info (phone number, IMEI, IMSI, calling card, time, and duration. It does not include personally identifying information or call content. The order was made under the Patriot Act, Section 215 50 USC 1861.

Samsung has launched a firmware update for its Galaxy S4 that eases the pain for owners of the 16GB version, who really only have 9.15gb of USABLE space. Once installed, users will have the firmware ability to offload their app installs to the SD card. According to SamMobile, Samsung also opened up 0.08GB of space on the device's drive.

Hulu must feel like the belle of the ball because it may have another dance partner. AllThingsD reports that AT&T is in discussions with the Chernin Group to make a joint bid for the online video site. AllThingsD says that unless bids come in above $1 billion there may be no sale at all.

Microsoft, Europol and the US FBI along with authorities in more than 80 countries have launched an assault on the Citadel Botnets. Micrsofot claims its Digital Crimes Unit helped take down 1,000 of the estimated 1,400 networks. Citadel has infected as many as 5 million computers and is credited with stealing more than $500 million from bank accounts in the past 18 months. The next step is for government agencies to try to apprehend the individuals behind the botnets.

on the third day of an antitrust trial in Manhattan federal court, Russell Grandinetti, vice president for Kindle content on Amazon.com, has testified that publishers gave Amazon.com an "ultimatum" to let them set prices of e-books sold on its website after they reached deals in 2010 to sell through Apple. Amazon could have been barred from selling books for its Kindle e-reader the same day physical hardcovers were released unless the retailer agreed to their terms, he said. The U.S. Justice Department filed a lawsuit against Apple and five major U.S. publishers in April 2012.

Popular to-do list app, Any.Do just got a revamp. The new version of the app is more minimalistic according to MobileSyrup. The app lets you manage your lists using taps and gestures. The new version is available on both iOS and Android right now.

Pew Research Center's Internet and American Life Project released a new study authored by Aaron Smith about smartphone usage in the US. Let's get to the fanboi numbers first. 28% of the respondents say they have an Android phone, 25% say iPhone and 4% BlackBerry. Also 56% of US adults say they have a smart phone, passing the 50% line for the first time. 35% say they have a non-smart phone and 9% have no mobile phone at all. Wealthy adults and younger people were more likely to admit to having smart phones.

The team that sold early mobile gaming company Ngmoco to DeNA for up to $400 million is in stealth mode on a new company called Network... with a 3. They’ve raised $12 million to re-imagine how people consume mobile content around their personal interests. Details are pretty scarce at this point, but the founders say this isn't another Flipboard. Kleiner Perkins, which backed Ngmoco out of its original iPhone-focused iFund, Google Ventures and Mike Maples’ Floodgate are all throwing money at the potential.

Intel may get a lot of press over its attempts to make headway in mobile devices but AMD wants in too. Senior Vice President and General Manager of global business units Lisa Su told PC World at Computex that AMD sees a market for Android and Chrome developing. ZDNet's Adrian Kingsley-Hughes points out that earlier this year Su said AMD had no plans to support Android. Well, plans change. And with the PC market declining, AMD wants to find new homes for low power chips like Temash, and Android and Chromebooks seem as likely a place as any.

Snapchat just launched version five of its app. TechCrunch calls the update a "dramatic revamp." Now, you'll be able to double-tap to reply and swipe to navigate. Additionally, there are new tools to add friends and in-app profiles. The camera part of the app has less UI chrome. The newest Snapchat is available now in the Apple App Store.

Foreign intelligence surveillance court ordered (4/25) Verizon to hand over telephony metadata daily until July 19 to NSA- calls originate in US, whether terminate foreign or domestic- routing info, trunk line, session ID info (phone number, IMEI, IMSI, calling card, time, duration.- No personally identifying info or call content- Considered legal under "business records" provision of the Patriot Act, Section 215 50 USC 1861. "is not conducted solely upon the basis of activities protected by the first amendment to the Constitution."- A senior White House official told Reuters "allows counter terrorism personnel to discover whether known or suspected terrorists have been in contact with other persons who may be engaged in terrorist activities, particularly people located inside the United States."- Senators Wyden and Udall have warned about extent of surveillance- Tim Clemente told CNN last month that digital communications were being collected

Verizon has to turn over information when ordered to by a federal court, the company’s general counsel said in a memo to employees Thursday.

- In an interview at Computex, Lisa Su, Sr. VP and GM of Global Business Units at AMD said, "We are very committed to Windows 8; we think it's a great operating system, but we also see a market for Android and Chrome developing as well"- AMD will expand its custom-chip business so its processors can run more operating systems, specifically Chrome and Android. Chips will be based on x86 and ARM architecture- AMD previously said it had no interest in Android and that its chips would be exclusively tuned for Microsoft's Windows 8- the company is working with developers on Android applications for AMD chips.- Su did not say when an AMD-based Android tablet would hit the market- Bluestacks and AMD already teamed up to optimize Bluestacks' Android Player for AMD chips

- Zeus is aTrojan horse that has infected millions of computers, most in US. Once Zeus has compromised a computer, it stays dormant until a victim logs into a bank site, and then it steals the victim’s passwords and drains the victim’s accounts. it can even replace a bank’s Web site with its own page, and grab SSN– that can be sold on the black market.- Zeus first detected in 2007. Researchers at the security firm Trend Micro note incidents of Zeus peaked in May. Zeus-serving malicious links showing up on popular N.F.L. Facebook fan pages such as one created by a group called “Bring the N.F.L. To Los Angeles.”- Malloy Labs, a security lab, confirms links on these pages serving up Zeus malware, being hosted from computers known to be controlled by a Russian criminal gang known as the Russian Business Network, which has been linked to various online criminal activities, ranging from malware and identity theft to child pornography.

- A Facebook spokesman directed NYT reporter to Facebook statement that it actively scans for malware and offering users the opportunity to enroll in self-remediation procedures such as a “Scan-And-Repair malware scan” that can scan for and remove malware from their devices.- q: what can FB do about this?

- AllThingsD reports that AT&T may join the Hulu bidding process- AT&T is in discussions to team up with the Chernin Group to acquire Hulu- The Chernin Group is headed by former News Corp COO Peter Chernin who also was very important in Hulu's creation- AllThingsD's sources say that no sale would happen if the bids do not come in at levels above $1 billion- Variety says that the bids right now are lower than the $2 billion Hulu reportedly sought in 2011- Variety also reports that two of Hulu's current owners Walt Disney & News Corp want to sell their interest in hulu b/c it is "strategically misaligned with their own interests." - Oh, one more thing. There's a relatively new bidder in the process according to Bloomberg. Talent agency William Morris is pairing up with Silver Lake to bid on Hulu. - Variety says News Corp and Disney hopes to reach an agreement to the sale process within the next eight weeks

Q: So the list of suitors include DirecTV, TWC, Yahoo, now potentially AT&T/Chernin and then Silver Lake/WME. Does the thought of AT&T getting Hulu make anyone else feel a little sick?

- earlier this week 9to5Mac sources said: Apple will release 4 new Mac models at WWDC either new MacBook Pro with Retina display models OR MacBook Air models.- today pricing info: price-points correspond to Apple’s current pricing for the 11-inch and 13-inch MacBook Air models. - Intel’s new Haswell chipsets were officially announced this week, for better battery life- dual-mic setup on new Airs: matches Apple’s MacBook Pro with Retina display.- new Airs may carry the faster 802.11ac WiFi chips, which OS X 10.8.4 carries support for, and is now live- WHAT ELSE: Apple expected to announce iOS 7, OS X 10.9, and a Pandora-competitior at its developer conference.

Haswell specs: 50 percent improvement in battery life over the previous generation in active workloads when watching movies or surfing the Internet, and two to three times improvement in standby battery life. For some systems coming to market this year, over 9 hours of active use battery life or 10 to 13 days of standby with fresh data on a single charge is expected.q: ok who's buying one?

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Living in Western Massachusetts we have JUST gotten Peapod in our area.

I am not so sure about getting fresh things delivered through Amazon but would be willing to try it.

I am with you Tom, being home for the delivery is a challenge. However, I would love the ability to order the groceries and pick them up at a specified place along my route back home from work. It would greatly reduce time spent in the store and also allow me to just swoop in and pick it all up quick. They could even do curbside takeaway style. You drive up and they recognise your car and bring them out to you.